Abstract
In order to investigate the effect of water sound on subjective impression, an experiment on the evaluation of the waterside space using audio-visual information was conducted. The interaction of audio-visual information and the relation between the physical characteristics of sound from water and the impression were examined. The experiment consisted of three conditions; only sound was presented in condition A, only visual image in condition V, and both sound and visual image in condition A+V. Impressions were estimated using the semantic differential. The results showed that the visual images have a great effect on the impression of waterside space and that as the sound pressure level of low frequency components becomes higher, the sound tends to be perceived as being more unpleasant.
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