Overview

Aural Listening

The Aural listening module can be used to keep a record of when you are listening and what you are hearing on headphones.

To add a new Aural Listening module to PAMGuard, select the File>Add Modules>Utilities>Aural Listening menu command.

An Aural Listening tab will be added to the PAMGuard GUI

Effort data are recorded in the Effort panel

Select when you are on and off listening effort. The times you go on and off listening effort will be written to the database

You can also select the numbers of the hydrophones you are monitoring at any moment.

When you hear things, click on the appropriate button for that species or type of noise and a subjective indication of how loud it is

0 - can no longer hear it

…

5 - very loud

You can also enter text comments with any additional information

The lower part of the display shows the history of what you’ve recently heard

Both the effort data and the things heard data are written to the PAMGuard database.

Things heard are displayed on the PAMGuard map at the location of the monitored hydrophones at the time a button was pressed or a comment entered