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Interaction between annoyance, indoor noise levels and acoustic classification of buildings

, 2022
Acoustics Noise and Vibration Limited (ANV);Cirrus Research plc;et al.;Hottinger Bruel and Kjaer (HBK);Mason UK LTD;Sealed Air51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Internoise 2022 -- 21 August 2022 through 24 August ...
Kurra, S., Dumen, A.S.
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Exploring noise annoyance and sound quality for airborne wind energy systems: insights from a listening experiment [PDF]

Wind Energy Science
This study investigates the relationship between sound quality metrics (SQMs) and noise annoyance caused by airborne wind energy systems (AWESs). In a controlled listening experiment, 75 participants rated their annoyance on the International Commission ...
H. Schmidt, R. M. Yupa-Villanueva, D. Ragni, R. Merino-Martínez, P. J. R. van Gool, R. Schmehl   +5 more
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Traffic noise annoyance along urban roadways: report on a survey in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne

, 1978
A survey of noise levels and noise annoyance was conducted along 19 urban and suburban roadways in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. An average of 43 residents were surveyed along each roadway with a total sample of 818.
Brown, Alan
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The relationship between air traffic noise and its induced annoyance in the southwest area in Tehran - Iran

بهداشت و ایمنی کار, 2016
Introduction: Noise pollution in urban areas has been recognized as a major problem. Since hearing damages are the main concern of noise exposure, other physical and psychological effects should not be ignored.
Arsalan Yousefzadeh, Parvin Nassiri, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani   +2 more
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Lunch breaks as a buffer: mitigating the negative effects of road traffic noise on urban employee workplace behavior

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe impact of road traffic noise annoyance on individual health is well-documented in environmental and health studies. However, less attention has been given to its negative effects on employees’ work behaviors and effective mitigation ...
Jianglin Ke, Zhaoyue Wang, Yufei Zhang, Lidan Liu, Qiongwei Wang   +4 more
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Road traffic noise and annoyance--an increasing environmental health problem

, 2004
Traffic noise, which is steadily increasing, is considered to be an important environmental health problem. The aim of this study was to estimate the degree of annoyance and sleep disturbance related to road traffic noise in residential settings in an ...
Bluhm, G,, Berglind, N,, Nordling, E
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Development of an open-source road traffic noise model for exposure assessment [PDF]

, 2015
This paper describes the development of a model for assessing TRAffic Noise EXposure (TRANEX) in an open-source geographic information system. Instead of using proprietary software we developed our own model for two main reasons: 1) so that the treatment
Beevers, Sean, Kelly, Frank J., Fecht, Daniela, Gulliver, John, Bell, Margaret, Fabbri, Federico, Dajnak, David, Vienneau, Danielle, Morley, David, Kelly, Frank; id_orcid, J Kelly, Frank, Goodman, Paul   +11 more
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Dose–Response Relationship Between Aircraft Noise Exposure and Community Annoyance: A Case Study of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

Noise and Health
Objective:With increasing air traffic, aircraft noise pollution near Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport has intensified, raising concerns about community annoyance.
Jiakang Lv, Yinuo Chen, Mengze Yang, Qihan Zeng, Qianqian Zhou, Jiabin Chen, Yong Liu   +6 more
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Psychoacoustic Evaluation of Shared-Bike Electronic Alert Sounds: Effects of Brand, Sound Pressure Level, and Occurrence Frequency on Annoyance

Applied Sciences
This paper examines the subjective annoyance associated with shared-bike electronic alert sounds (SBeASs), an emerging urban noise source. A study was conducted by employing extensive questionnaire surveys and psychoacoustic experiments.
Kaishi Meng, Linda Liang, Yang Song
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The Number-of-Events as a Predictor Variable in Aircraft Noise Annoyance Models: A PARTNER Project 24 Report [PDF]

Aircraft noise may have a number of direct adverse effects on the communities surrounding airports, including annoyance. The annoyance reactions of individuals and communities to aircraft noise are predicted with annoyance models, which are normally ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Foertsch, Kevin, Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction, Davies, Patricia   +3 more
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