Stephan Töpken
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ORCID: 0000-0002-3639-2662
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Stephan Töpken

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl. Phys.
Research Areas
- Psychoacoustic methods to investigate the relationships between judgments of loudness, sound characteristics and their contribution to the evaluation of sounds and appraisal
- Explorative characterisation of sounds and development of psychoacoustically motivated indexes for their description
- Interaction of tactile and auditory perception for supra-theshold sensations
- Current and recent application areas:
- Psychoacoustic qualities of multi-tone sounds and their assessment
- Acoustic quality of fan noise
- Characterization and evaluation of aircraft cabin noise and seat vibration
- Simulation and evaluation of low sonic boom
Publications
Journal Articles
- Siedenburg, K., Bürgel, M., Özgür, E., Scheicht, C., Töpken, S. (2024) Vibrotactile enhancement of musical engagement. Sci. Rep. 14, 7764. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57961-8
- Claaßen, E., Töpken, S. and van de Par, S. (2024) The influence of the reference level on
loudness and preference judgments for spectrally manipulated fan sounds. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 1735–1746. doi.org/10.1121/10.0025161 - Krause, L., van de Par, S. and Töpken, S. (2023) Pleasantness Ratings for Vertical Whole-Body Vibration on an Aircraft Seat and Relevant Body Parts Involved, Appl. Acoust. 207, 109330. doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109330
- Töpken, S. and van de Par, S. (2021) Loudness and short-term annoyance of sonic boom signatures at low levels, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 149(3), 2004-2015. doi.org/10.1121/10.0003779
- Töpken, S. and van de Par, S. (2019) Determination of preference-equivalent levels for fan noise and their prediction by indices based on specific loudness patterns, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 146(6), 3399-3409. doi.org/10.1121/1.5110474
- Töpken, S. and van de Par, S. (2019) Perceptual dimensions of fan noise and their relationship to indexes based on the specific loudness, Acta Acust. united Ac. 105(1), 195-209. doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919300
- Töpken, S., Scheel, H., Verhey, J. L. and Weber R. (2018) Quantification of preference relevant sound characteristics of multi-tone sounds based on the differences between loudness judgments and preference evaluations, Acta Acust. united Ac. 104(1), 153-165. doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919155
- Töpken, S., Verhey, J. L. and Weber R. (2015) Perceptual space, pleasantness and periodicity of multi-tone sounds, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138(1), 288-298. doi.org/10.1121/1.4922783
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PHD-Thesis
Teaching and other Information
Current Semester
10/2024 - 03/2025 | Angewandte Psychophysik I: Anwendungen bei Audioqualitätsbewertungen |
10/2024 - 03/2025 | Grundpraktikum Physik, Teil I (1 Gruppe) |