Purpose of Review

The article reviews the literature on soundscape studies to analyse (i) which of the methods included in the Technical Specification (TS) 12913-2:2018 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for collecting soundscape data from individuals are predominantly used in scientific research and (ii) what is the level of compliance with ISO recommendations of the methods employed in scientific research.

Recent Findings

The ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 provide three possible protocols for individuals’ soundscape data collection (Methods A, B, and C). Despite standardization efforts, a reference method has yet to be identified to improve comparability amongst studies and the formation of scientific evidence.

Summary

The analysis of 50 peer-reviewed papers published from 2018 (year of release of ISO/TS 12913-2) showed that Method A is the prevalent one, adopted by 94.4% of the identified studies. Full compliance with ISO technical specification recommendations is in any case quite limited, and almost no study is strictly adhering to them. Attributes are not always suitable to cover all the acoustic contexts (e.g. indoor environments). This is an indicator that the field is still developing, but it also signals that technical specification recommendations leave room for ambiguity or are not always implementable. This study is ultimately intended to offer recommendations on future development of the protocols in the standardization process.

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采用 ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 声景研究中个人数据收集协议：文献概述

审查目的

本文回顾了有关声景研究的文献，分析 (i) 国际标准化组织 (ISO) 技术规范 (TS) 12913-2:2018 中包含的用于从个人收集声景数据的方法主要用于科学领域。研究以及 (ii) 科学研究所用方法符合 ISO 建议的程度如何。

最近的发现

ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 为个人声景数据收集提供了三种可能的协议（方法 A、B 和 C）。尽管进行了标准化工作，但尚未确定参考方法来提高研究之间的可比性和科学证据的形成。

概括

对 2018 年（ISO/TS 12913-2 发布年份）发表的 50 篇同行评审论文的分析表明，方法 A 是最流行的方法，被 94.4% 的已确定研究采用。无论如何，完全遵守 ISO 技术规范建议是相当有限的，而且几乎没有研究严格遵守它们。属性并不总是适合覆盖所有声学环境（例如室内环境）。这是该领域仍在发展的一个指标，但它也表明技术规范建议存在模糊性或并不总是可实施的。这项研究的最终目的是为标准化过程中协议的未来发展提供建议。

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