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Investigation of the Effects of Three Sound Backgrounds on a Simulated Quality Control Inspection Task.

PB90103847

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Warner, H. D.
Page Count	58
Abstract	Effects of background sounds on human behavior are studied, with techniques specially designed to create a true work assembly-line situation within the laboratory. Background sounds used were taped music, radio programs, and intermittent white noise. Fewest errors in assembly line inspection operations occurred with taped music, followed increasingly by radio, intermittent noise, and no-noise conditions.
Keywords	Noise(Sound) Human factors engineering Visual inspection Performance evaluation Quality control Work environments
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57W - Stress Physiology 95D - Human Factors Engineering
Corporate Authors	Missouri Univ.-Rolla.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Terminal rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199002

Investigation of the Effects of Three Sound Backgrounds on a Simulated Quality Control Inspection Task.

Investigation of the Effects of Three Sound Backgrounds on a Simulated Quality Control Inspection Task.
PB90103847

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Warner, H. D.
Page Count	58
Abstract	Effects of background sounds on human behavior are studied, with techniques specially designed to create a true work assembly-line situation within the laboratory. Background sounds used were taped music, radio programs, and intermittent white noise. Fewest errors in assembly line inspection operations occurred with taped music, followed increasingly by radio, intermittent noise, and no-noise conditions.
Keywords	Noise(Sound) Human factors engineering Visual inspection Performance evaluation Quality control Work environments
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57W - Stress Physiology 95D - Human Factors Engineering
Corporate Authors	Missouri Univ.-Rolla.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Terminal rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199002