Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments (2006)
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006). Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments. In World Forum on Acoustic Ecology Conference (334-344)

This paper reports an empirical study to investigate how individuals perceive and classify elements of their workplace auditory environments. The participants were 18 university employees chosen for their varying degrees of room occupancy, from singl... Read More about Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments.

Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance (2006)
Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., LePlâtre, G., Crerar, A., & Benyon, D. (2006). Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance.

This paper investigates soundscape classification by using two different forms of data gathering and two different populations. The first method involves a questionnaire completed by 75 audio professionals. The second uses a speak-aloud experiment, d... Read More about Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance.

How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study (2004)
Conference Proceeding
LePlâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2004). How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study. In Proceedings of ICAD 04-Tenth Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display, Sydney, Australia, July 6-9, 2004

This paper discusses the importance of auditory interface aesthetics and presents an empirical investigation of sound aesthetics in context. The theoretical discussion examines the relationship between sound aesthetics and user satisfaction and con... Read More about How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study.