Influence of Keyboard Tapping Sound on Chinese Literature Reading in Open-plan Research Offices
Keyboard tapping is one of the typical sound sources in open-plan research offices.In this paper,the effects of keyboard tapping sounds at different sound pressure levels on personal literature reading were studied through experimen-tal tests.Keyboard tapping sound was presented at three different sound pressure levels of 45,50 and 55 dB(A).The objec-tive performance and subjective perception of participants who were reading literature were analyzed in these three sound en-vironments.The results revealed that both the objective performance and subjective perception of the participants were influ-enced by keyboard tapping sound which was correlated with their sound pressure level,and the participants'subjective per-ception and objective performance reached the best in the test environment of 50 dB(A) keyboard tapping.In addition,the ef-fects of personal factors,such as keyboard usage type,gender,and noise sensitivity,on literature reading tasks in the environ-ment of keyboard tapping sound were also discussed.
vibration and waveopen-plan research officesliterature readingkeyboard tapping soundwork efficiency
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维普
