Abstract
A lot of people express an impact sound by the same onomatopeia. In order to solve the relationship between an impact sound and the corresponding onomatopeia, sounds were made on the basis of word informations of onomatopoeia. We performed the auditory sensory tests by using the prepared sounds. Furthermore, the actual impact sounds and the vocalized sounds were analyzed by using a one-third-octave analyzer. By comparing the sensory test results with actual impact sounds, we clarified that the frequency of the sound to hear as an onomatopeia is close to the frequency of the actual impact sound. And we suggested that the number of waves of the sound to hear as an onomatopoeia is less than the number of waves of the actual impact sound and the vocalized sound.
