25 typical environmental sounds were presented to 936 Japanese high school students in a written questionnaire to measure their preferences for these sounds. Sex-related, personality-related, and regional differences among preferences were observed for kind of sound. On the other hand, self-rated frequency of hearing each sound in daily life was related to the subjects' residential environment and sex.
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