Dr Nick Zacharov (FAES, [...]., [...]., [...].(Hons.)) is a LEAD Technologist at FORCE Technology, SenseLab, Denmark, and widely recognised as one of the world's leading authorities in the specialist field of quality assessment of sensory perception. With an academic background in electroacoustics, acoustics and signal processing, Nick has a broad industrial experience in the audio profession spanning from mobile phone audio to professional audio equipment design. His profound interest in audio quality is the cornerstone of his professional career. Having held engineering and managerial posts at Nokia, Genelec and DELTA, Nick co-founded SenseLab within DELTA in 2007, providing world-class listening tests and sensory evaluation services to the international audio community.

He has been an active member of the Audio Engineering Society, serving as chairperson, co-chairman of conferences and AES governor in additions to being a member of several other professional societies.

Nick has more than 90 publications to his name as well as several audio patents. Nick is also co-author of "Perceptual Audio Evaluation - theory, method and application", which is an acknowledged and widely used textbook in its field.

Section I: Background. Introduction. Why Sound Matters. Sound, Hearing and Perception. Section II: Theory and Practice. Sensory Evaluation in Practice. Sensory Evaluation Methods for Sound. Applied Univariate Statistics. Applied Multivariate Statistics. Section III: Application. Telecommunications Applications. Hearing Aids. Car Audio. Binaural Spatial Reporduction. Concert Hall Acoustics. Emotions, Associations, and Sound. Audiovisual Interaction. Section IV: Annexes. Appendix A. Bibliography. Index.