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Contributors to Neighbour Noise Annoyance. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Noise from neighbours has been shown to be one of the most noise annoying sources in Germany, but research on the influencing factors for the annoyance ratings is scarce. Therefore, we investigated whether different personal and contextual (social, physical) factors contribute to neighbour noise annoyance to better understand the neighbour noise ...
Benz SL   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Noise annoyance in Canada

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2005
The present paper provides the results from two nation-wide telephone surveys conducted in Canada on a representative sample of 5,232 individuals, 15 years of age and older. The goals of this study were to gauge Canadians' annoyance towards environmental noise, identify the source of noise that is viewed as most annoying and quantify annoyance toward ...
D S, Michaud, S E, Keith, D, McMurchy
openaire   +2 more sources

Occupational noise annoyance linked to depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation: a result from nationwide survey of Korea. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Noise, or undesirable sound, is one of the most common environmental stressors, and it can cause various health effects. Beyond the auditory consequences of occupational noise exposure, extra-auditory effects such as psychological problems ...
Jin-Ha Yoon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the relationship between air traffic noise exposure and annoyance in populations living near airports in France

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2020
Since the 2000s, increased aircraft noise annoyance has been observed in the populations living near airports. The DEBATS-study compared the exposure–response relationship estimated among airports’ residents in France with old and new EU standard curves.
Marie Lefèvre   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relative effects of self-reported noise and odour annoyance on psychological distress: Different effects across sociodemographic groups?

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
In earlier research, both higher levels of noise and odour annoyance have been associated with decreased mental health. Presumably, these perceptions can trigger feelings of threat and stress reactions and in turn evoke psychological distress.
Eline Berkers   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The link between noise perception and quality of life in South Australia

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2014
Environmental noise is a significant risk factor for a range of short- and long-term adverse health outcomes such as annoyance, cognitive development impairment, sleep disturbance, cardiovascular effects, and psychiatric problems.
Monika Nitschke   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emotions evoked by exposure to footstep noise in residential buildings. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
In the present study, the effect of footstep noise on emotions was investigated. This study used noise stimulus of human footsteps throughout the study.
Sang Hee Park   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noise Annoyance Is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in the General Population- The Contribution of Aircraft Noise.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundWhile noise annoyance has become recognized as an important environmental stressor, its association to mental health has hardly been studied. We therefore determined the association of noise annoyance to anxiety and depression and explored the ...
Manfred E Beutel   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determining the direction of causality between psychological factors and aircraft noise annoyance

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2010
In this paper, an attempt is made to establish the direction of causality between a range of psychological factors and aircraft noise annoyance. For this purpose, a panel model was estimated within a structural equation modeling approach.
Maarten Kroesen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low frequency noise and annoyance in classroom [PDF]

open access: yesNoise Notes, 2000
The most common method for noise assessment is the A-weighted sound pressure level. The question has been raised as to whether the frequency weighting with an A-filter gives a correct result when assessing the annoyance response to noise containing strong low frequency noise (LFN) components.
Pär Lundquist   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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