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Standard sample evaluation method for noise annoyance suppression from audio injection
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2021 Noise control technology based on sound energy reduction uses sound pressure level as an evaluation index, and the addition control technology proposed in recent years uses annoyance as an evaluation index.
Chen Ke'an +5 more
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Combined annoyance response from railroad and road traffic noise in an alpine valley
Noise and Health, 2020 Context: The aim of this study was to verify the contributing effect in the cases of combined road traffic noise and railroad traffic noise on total noise annoyance.
Christoph Lechner +2 more
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Noise 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
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Investigation of occupational noise annoyance in a wind turbine power plant
Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, 2019 Noise, emitted by wind turbines, is one of the main health risk factors which has been recently considered in many researches. Noise annoyance is among the most important human responses to noise.
Mohammad R Monazzam +7 more
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Annoyance Related to Wind Turbine Noise [PDF]
Archives of Acoustics, 2015 Abstract A questionnaire inquiry on response to wind turbine noise was carried out on 361 subjects living in the vicinity of 8 wind farms. Current mental health status of respondents was assessed using Goldberg General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12. For areas where respondents lived, A-weighted sound pressure levels (SPLs) were calculated as the sum of ...
Małgorzta PAWLACZYK-ŁUSZCZYŃSKA +4 more
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Occupational noise annoyance linked to depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation: a result from nationwide survey of Korea. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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Environment 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
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PLoS 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
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The link between noise perception and quality of life in South Australia
Noise 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
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Emotions evoked by exposure to footstep noise in residential buildings. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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