TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Perceived urgency and annoyance of auditory alerts in a driving context
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Gonzalez, Christian
A1  - Lewis, Bridget A.
A1  - Roberts, Daniel M.
A1  - Pratt, Stephanie M.
A1  - Baldwin, Carryl L.
SP  - 1684
EP  - 1687
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
N2  - Complex in-vehicle technology and safety systems are finding their way into many cars on the road today. These systems require alerts and warnings that appropriately convey multiple levels of urgency, but if these are deemed excessively annoying, then their implementation may be of little consequence. In this study we used a well-documented psychophysical approach to identify the relationship between specific auditory parameters, perceived urgency and perceived annoyance. In agreement with existing literature, increases in all parameters led to increases in both urgency and annoyance - although differentially. Of the parameters investigated, only pulse rate exhibited a stronger psychophysical relationship with urgency than annoyance. The tradeoff between urgency and annoyance is of practical concern and results from this study provide a potential guideline to determine the viability of future in vehicle alerts based on this relationship.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561337
ID  - ref1
ER  -