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Mediator between

people and technology

Research - Development - Consulting

Mediator between people and technology

Research - Development - Consulting

User-centred research and development

We understand and design socio-technical systems

When technology fulfils socially relevant or safety-critical functions, it must be perfectly usable. We have been ensuring this in all areas of life for 20 years. Through pioneering research, interdisciplinary development and customised consulting, with a team of psychologists, engineers and computer scientists.

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Road traffic noise - just annoying?

A test subject sits in a hall in front of three televisions showing a street scene. Loudspeakers are arranged around it, playing the surround sound of the scene.

Jun 4, 2025

We are surrounded by the background sound of road traffic every day. It affects our well-being and our health. Most noise impact studies use the perceived annoyance caused by road traffic as an indicator of its effects and compare this with the day-evening-night noise indicator or the energy-equivalent continuous sound level. This basically tells us whether road traffic sound is perceived as too loud (i.e. annoying) or not.

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We work for and with a wide variety of industry leaders

  • Logo: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen
  • Logo: Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
  • Logo: Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
  • Logo: Technische Universität Berlin
  • Logo: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Logo: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
  • Logo: JEPPESEN
  • Logo: m-click.aero GmbH
  • Logo: MTO Psychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbH
  • Logo: SAAB
  • Logo: Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB)
  • Logo: Ypsomed GmbH

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