Emotional Component of the Perceived Quality of Acoustic Events

Abstract

The article represents the description of the results of the empirical research of the peculiarities of the acoustic events interpretation by the tuvans living in different regions of the Republic of Tuva. This article includes the analytical statistics of the emotions that have been felt by the respondents while listening to the natural sounds of the surrounding area. It has been revealed that the research participants prefer describing the perceived acoustic events in terms of “pleasant-unpleasant” and the most widely spread basic emotions are fear and happiness.