Schalllabor Hamburg

Research Associate

M.A. Philosophy - Philosophy in a European context at FernUniversität in Hagen (part-time).

PhD thesis: Tone-noise dichotomy - investigating tonal content magnitude & pitch strength 

Doctoral scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation

Associate member of the International Graduate School of Neurosensory Science and System.

Visiting PhD student at the 'Sound Perception and Design Group' at IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Paris.

"Kato Tp 04"-Project - Aircraft Cabin Comfort,

Volunteering at the Chiiori Project, Japan.

Final thesis in cooperation with Daimler AG (Mercedes Benz):
Geräuschqualität von Fahrzeuginnengeräuschen: Einfluss tonhaltiger Geräuschanteile [Sound quality in car interior acoustics: the effect of tonal components].

Student at the Faculty of Physics, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg and the Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg.

Student Exchange at Osaka University (10/2002-8/2003), Japan with OUSSEP.

Student at the Laboratory of Environmental Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University (S. Kuwano).

• Pitch Strength / Description of Tonal Content / Tone-Noise Dichotomy
• Sound Quality (car acoustics)
  
• Cross-Cultural Psychoacoustics
• Agent-based Modeling of "Creativity" - A Systemic Approach to Creativity (with C. Kahl, University of Hamburg) 

journal articles / book chapters

• Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (submitted). Partial loudness as a measure of the magnitude of tonal content Acoust. Sci. & Tech.
  
• Hansen, H., Verhey, J.L. & Weber, R. (submitted). Pitch strength and the magnitude of tonal content - a review  Acta Acust united Ac.
• Kahl, C. & Hansen, H. (in preparation). Lärm als Gesundheitsbelastung [Noise and its impact on health]. In T. Kliche & J. Töppich (Eds.), Handbuch der Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung in Kitas. Stand, Grundlagen und  Praxisansätze [Handbook of stress prevention and health promotion in day-care centers].
• Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2009) Semantic evaluations of noise with tonal components in Japan, France, and Germany - A cross-cultural comparison. J Acoust Soc Am, 125, 850-862.
• H. Hansen &  R. Weber (2008). The influence of tone length and S/N-ratio on the perception of tonal content: An application of probabilistic choice models in car acoustics Acoust Sci & Tech, 29, 156-166.

proceedings / printed abstracts

• Kahl, C. & Hansen, H. (2010). Modeling Creativity from a Systems Perspective: CRESY-I  3rd World Congress on Social Simulation, Kassel, Deutschland.
  Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2010)}  Partial loudness as a tonal content measure Internoise'10, Lissabon, Portugal.
  Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2010) Zum Verhältnis von Tonhaltigkeit und der partiellen Lautheit der tonalen Komponenten in Rauschen DAGA '10, Berlin.
• Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2010) Die Ausgeprägtheit der Tonhöhe, das Aufösungsvermögen des Gehörs & und die Bildung auditorischer Objekte DAGA '10, Berlin.
• Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2009) Pitch strength, tone segregation, and frequency difference limen (abstract).  J Acoust Soc Am, 2009, 126, 2242.
• Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2009) Item bias in the cross-cultural evaluation of tonal content. Proc Internoise 2009, Ottawa, Canada.
• H. Hansen &  R. Weber (2009) Identification and detection of a tone in narrowband noise. NAG/DAGA '09, Rotterdam, The Netherlands .
  
• Kahl, C. & Hansen, H. (2008) Modeling an environment to facilitate creativity. Proc 39th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting.
• Weber, R. & Hansen, H. (2008) Intercultural comparison of the perception of tonal components in noise. Proc Internoise 2008, Shanghai, China.
• Hansen, H. & Weber, R. (2008) Fusion and masking threshold of a tone in narrowband noise (abstract). J Acoust Soc Am, 123, 3162. 
• Weber, R. & Hansen, H. Sound character ratings by experienced and naive listeners (abstract). J Acoust Soc Am, 2008, 123, 3244.
• H. Hansen & R. Weber (2007) Comparison of perceptual dimension in Japan, France, and Germany (Poster). Proceedings 2nd International VDT Symposium - sound design
• R. Weber  & H. Hansen (2007). Perception of noises with tonal components in Japan, France and Germany. Proc Internoise 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.
• H. Hansen & R. Weber (2007) Effects of duration and S/N ratio of partially masked sinusoids on judged tonal contents. DAGA '07, Stuttgart.
• H. Hansen, R. Weber & V. Mellert (2006). Pitch salience of weak tonal components with variable durations and levels in noise.  Proc Internoise 2006, Honolulu, USA.
• H. Hansen, R. Weber, U. Letens (2005). Quantifying tonal phenomena in interior car sounds.  Proc Forum Acusticum 2005, Budapest, Ungarn.
• H. Hansen, R. Weber, U. Letens (2005).  Subjektive Bewertung der Tonhaltigkeit in der Fahrzeugakustik.  DAGA '05, München.
• H. Hansen, R. Weber, T. Matsui, S. Kuwano, and S. Namba (2004) Evaluation of sound quality affected by tonal components in Germany and Japan CFA/ DAGA '04, Strassburg, Frankreich.
• M. Morinaga, H. Hansen, R. Weber, T. Matsui, S. Kuwano, S. Namba (2004) The effect of virtual pitch on sound quality.  The proceedings of the autumn meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan, 445-446.
• H. Hansen, R. Weber, T. Matsui, S. Kuwano, S. Namba (2003) The effect of tonal components on sound quality. Acoustic Society of Japan, Research Council of Noise and Vibration, N-2003-08.