1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION 1/30/13, 8 PM in my dorm room

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Outside I can hear a large truck drive by. Someone upstairs paces steadily back and forth, and the bathroom door is occasionally opening and closing down the hall.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

The small fan whirring across the room, my neighbors TV playing quietly on the other side of the wall.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Carry On by Fun. is playing on Pandora on my computer. The computer keys are clacking away as I type, and I occasionally adjust the volume of the music in order to overpower other sounds, resulting in Apple’s signature beep as I hit the volume key.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The sound level is moderate. The more intrusive noises are muffled enough that they are not too bothersome, whereas all the noises coming from inside the room are steady and mid-volume. All of the sounds blend together very well so that no one sound is overpowering another.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

Soothing

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

The person walking upstairs, the fan, the music