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perceived urgency: a standalone construct

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Human factors

how urgent a warning sound seems to listeners, which designers can set through speed, pitch and rhythm to match the hazard's priority.

In human factors, perceived urgency refers to how urgent a warning sound seems to listeners, which designers can set through speed, pitch and rhythm to match the hazard's priority. This meaning comes from Edworthy (1991) in Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.[1]

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References

Edworthy, J., Loxley, S., & Dennis, I. (1991). Improving Auditory Warning Design: Relationship between Warning Sound Parameters and Perceived Urgency. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 33(2), 205-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/001872089103300206

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