diff --git a/src/components/DetailElement.jsx b/src/components/DetailElement.jsx
index 21a5e8c..846b702 100644
--- a/src/components/DetailElement.jsx
+++ b/src/components/DetailElement.jsx
@@ -113,12 +113,11 @@ const touchEvent = function (event) {
   const parentCollapseElement = getParentCollapseElement(eventElement);
   const contentNode = getContainerNode(parentCollapseElement);
   const densities = calculateDensities(contentNode);
-  console.log(densities);
 
   if (type === "model") {
-    playDetailModelSonification();
+    playDetailModelSonification(densities.textDensity, densities.linkDensity);
   } else if (type === "earcon") {
-    playDetailEarconSonification();
+    playDetailEarconSonification(densities.textDensity, densities.linkDensity);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/core/audio/AudioHandler.jsx b/src/core/audio/AudioHandler.jsx
index 0ea8edf..9ca3cb3 100644
--- a/src/core/audio/AudioHandler.jsx
+++ b/src/core/audio/AudioHandler.jsx
@@ -18,46 +18,72 @@ const setRotationRamp = (panner, angle, rampTime) => {
   panner.positionZ.rampTo(-Math.cos(angle), rampTime);
 };
 
+var offCooldown = true;
+
 export function playTabEarconSonification() {
-  var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
-    drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
-  }, "4n");
-  loop.iterations = 2;
-  loop.start();
-  drumSynth.context.resume();
-  Tone.Transport.start();
-  pushToSonificationLog("tab_earcon");
+  if (offCooldown) {
+    var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
+      drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
+    }, "4n");
+    loop.iterations = 2;
+    loop.start();
+    drumSynth.context.resume();
+    Tone.Transport.start();
+    pushToSonificationLog("tab_earcon");
+    offCooldown = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      offCooldown = true;
+    }, 500);
+  }
 }
 
 export function playTabModelSonification() {
-  var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
-    drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
-  }, "4n");
-  loop.iterations = 2;
-  loop.start();
-  drumSynth.context.resume();
-  Tone.Transport.start();
-  pushToSonificationLog("tab_model");
+  if (offCooldown) {
+    var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
+      drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
+    }, "4n");
+    loop.iterations = 2;
+    loop.start();
+    drumSynth.context.resume();
+    Tone.Transport.start();
+    pushToSonificationLog("tab_model");
+    offCooldown = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      offCooldown = true;
+    }, 500);
+  }
 }
 
-export function playDetailEarconSonification() {
-  var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
-    drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
-  }, "4n");
-  loop.iterations = 2;
-  loop.start();
-  drumSynth.context.resume();
-  Tone.Transport.start();
-  pushToSonificationLog("detail_earcon");
+export function playDetailEarconSonification(textDensity, linkDensity) {
+  if (offCooldown) {
+    var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
+      drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
+    }, "4n");
+    loop.iterations = 2;
+    loop.start();
+    drumSynth.context.resume();
+    Tone.Transport.start();
+    pushToSonificationLog("detail_earcon");
+    offCooldown = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      offCooldown = true;
+    }, 500);
+  }
 }
 
-export function playDetailModelSonification() {
-  var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
-    drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
-  }, "4n");
-  loop.iterations = 2;
-  loop.start();
-  drumSynth.context.resume();
-  Tone.Transport.start();
-  pushToSonificationLog("detail_model");
+export function playDetailModelSonification(textDensity, linkDensity) {
+  if (offCooldown) {
+    var loop = new Tone.Loop((time) => {
+      drumSynth.triggerAttackRelease("C3", "4n", time);
+    }, "4n");
+    loop.iterations = 2;
+    loop.start();
+    drumSynth.context.resume();
+    Tone.Transport.start();
+    pushToSonificationLog("detail_model");
+    offCooldown = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      offCooldown = true;
+    }, 500);
+  }
 }