https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/6778721/Bakker_2012_Sci_Total_Environm.pdf

Impact of wind turbine sound on annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress

This systematic review assesses the quality of the evidence across studies on the effect of environmental noise (road traffic noise, aircraft noise, railway noise, wind-turbine noise) on quality of life, wellbeing and mental health. Quantitative studies of noise effects on children and adults published from January 2005 up to October 2015 were reviewed. A total of 29 papers were identified. 90% of the papers were of cross-sectional design, with fewer studies of longitudinal or intervention design. Outcomes included depression and anxiety, medication use and childhood emotional problems. The quality of the evidence across the studies for each individual noise source was assessed using an adaptation of the GRADE methodology. Overall, given the predominance of cross-sectional studies, most evidence was rated as very low quality, with evidence of effects only being observed for some noise sources and outcomes. These ratings reflect inconsistent findings across studies, the small number of studies and a lack of methodological robustness within some domains. Overall, there are few studies of clinically significant mental health outcomes; few studies of railway noise exposure; and studies of large samples are needed. The lack of evidence for noise effects across studies for many of the quality of life, wellbeing and mental health domains examined does not necessarily mean that there are no effects: rather, that they have not yet been studied robustly for different noise sources.

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/11/2400/pdf

WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Mental Health

One hundred and ninety residents around Frankfurt Airport (46% female; 17-80 years) were interviewed concerning noise annoyance due to transportation noise (aircraft, road traffic), perceived mental and physical health, perceived environmental quality, and noise sensitivity. The aim of the analyses was to test whether noise sensitivity reflects partly general environmental sensitivity and is associated with an elevated susceptibility for the perception of mental and physical health. In this study, the reported physical and mental health variables were not associated with noise exposure but with noise annoyance, and were interpreted to reflect nonspecific codeterminants of annoyance rather than noise effects. Noise sensitivity was found to influence total noise annoyance and aircraft noise annoyance but to a lesser degree annoyance due to road traffic noise. Noise sensitivity was associated with reported physical health, but not with reported mental health. Noise-sensitive persons reported poorer environmental quality in their residential area than less sensitive persons in particular with regard to air traffic (including the facets noise, pollution, and contaminations) and quietness. Other aspects of the perceived quality of the environment were scarcely associated with noise sensitivity. This indicates that noise sensitivity is more specific and a reliable predictor of responses to noise from the dominant source (in this case air traffic) rather than a predictor of the individual perception of the environmental quality in general.

The associations between noise sensitivity, reported physical and mental health, perceived environmental quality, and noise annoyance

Background:Traffic noise affects a large number of people, particularly in urbanized areas. Noise causes stress and annoyance, but less is known about the relationship between noise and depression....

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Residential Road Traffic Noise and High Depressive Symptoms after Five Years of Follow-up: Results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study.

The mandate of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN) is to promote a high level of scientific research concerning all aspects of noise-induced effects on human beings and animals. In this review, ICBEN team chairs and co-chairs summarize relevant findings, publications, developments, and policies related to the biological effects of noise, with a focus on the period 2011-2014 and for the following topics: Noise-induced hearing loss; nonauditory effects of noise; effects of noise on performance and behavior; effects of noise on sleep; community response to noise; and interactions with other agents and contextual factors. Occupational settings and transport have been identified as the most prominent sources of noise that affect health. These reviews demonstrate that noise is a prevalent and often underestimated threat for both auditory and nonauditory health and that strategies for the prevention of noise and its associated negative health consequences are needed to promote public health.

ICBEN review of research on the biological effects of noise 2011-2014.

In a survey of 2,312 residents living near Frankfurt Airport aircraft noise annoyance and disturbances as well as environmental (EQoL) and health-related quality of life (HQoL) were assessed and compared with data on exposure due to aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise. Results indicate higher noise annoyance than predicted from general exposure-response curves. Beside aircraft sound levels source-related attitudes were associated with reactions to aircraft noise. Furthermore, aircraft noise affected EQoL in general, although to a much smaller extent. HQoL was associated with aircraft noise annoyance, noise sensitivity and partly with aircraft noise exposure, in particular in the subgroup of multimorbid residents. The results suggest a recursive relationship between noise and health, yet this cannot be tested in cross-sectional studies. Longitudinal studies would be recommendable to get more insight in the causal paths underlying the noise-health relationship.

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Aircraft Noise and Quality of Life around Frankfurt Airport

Effects of Aircraft Noise on Noise Annoyance and Quality of Life around Frankfurt Airport

Zusammenfassung Im Beitrag1) wird das Konzept und die Methodik einer unter der Bezeichnung NORAH (Noise-Related Annoyance, Cognition, and Health) laufenden umfangreichen Studie zur Wirkung von Verkehrslarm (Flug-, Schienen- und Strasenverkehrslarm) vorgestellt. Die NORAH-Studie wurde anlasslich der Diskussionen um den Ausbau des Frankfurter Flug hafens von der Gemeinnutzigen Umwelthaus GmbH, Kelsterbach, einer 100%igen Tochter des Landes Hessen, nach europaweiter Ausschreibung im April 2011 an ein interdisziplinares Forschungskonsortium, koordiniert von der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum und der ZEUS GmbH, Hagen, vergeben. Die Untersuchung wird vornehmlich in der Rhein-Main-Region sowie daruber hinaus an den Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg, Koln-Bonn und Stuttgart durchgefuhrt. Die Studie umfasst Langs- und Querschnittsuntersuchungen und eine epidemiologische Fall-Kontroll-Studie, in denen ein Methodenmix, bestehend aus akustischen Berechnungen und Messungen der Verkehrslarmexposition, Befragungen, physiologischen Messungen, psychologischen Testverfahren sowie Sekundardatenanalysen von Krankenkassendaten zum Einsatz kommt.

Christin Peschel

Papers

Aircraft Noise and Quality of Life around Frankfurt Airport

Effects of Aircraft Noise on Noise Annoyance and Quality of Life around Frankfurt Airport

NORAH (Noise-Related Annoyance, Cognition, and Health) - Konzept einer Studie zur Wirkung von Verkehrslärm bei Anwohnern von Flughäfen