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Exposure-response relationships for transportation noise
Henk M. E. Miedema,H. Vos +1 more
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In this paper, the authors presented synthesis curves for the relationship between DNL and percentage highly annoyed for three transportation noise sources, including aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise, based on all 21 datasets examined by Schultz and Fidell et al. and augmented with 34 datasets.Abstract:
This article presents synthesis curves for the relationship between DNL and percentage highly annoyed for three transportation noise sources. The results are based on all 21 datasets examined by Schultz [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 64, 377-405 (1978)] and Fidell et al. [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89, 221-233 (1991)] for which acceptable DNL and percentage highly annoyed measure could be derived, augmented with 34 datasets. Separate, nonidentical curves were found for aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise. A difference between sources was found using data for all studies combined and for only those studies in which respondents evaluated two sources. The latter outcome strengthens the conclusion that the differences between sources cannot be explained by differences in study methodology.read more
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Synthesis of social surveys on noise annoyance.
TL;DR: It is proposed that the average of these curves is the best currently available relationship for predicting community annoyance due to transportation noise of all kinds.
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Updating a dosage-effect relationship for the prevalence of annoyance due to general transportation noise
TL;DR: Although the number of data points from which a new relationship was inferred more than tripled, the 1978 relationship still provides a reasonable fit to the data.
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Comparing the relationships between noise level and annoyance in different surveys - A railway noise vs. aircraft and road traffic comparison
J.M. Fields,J.G. Walker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the responses to various types of environmental noise, such as road traffic and aircraft, with the responses expressed in a railway noise survey, and find that railway noise is less annoying than other noises at any given high noise level.
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Comments on K. D. Kryter’s paper, ’’Community annoyance from aircraft and ground vehicle noise’’
TL;DR: Kryter as mentioned in this paper presents a critique of K. D. Kryter's paper, "Community Annoyance from Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Noise" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 72, xxx−xxx (1982)] in which he purports to show that an earlier paper of Schultz, "Synthesis of social surveys on noise annoyance" [ J. Acoustic. Soc., 64, 377−405 (1978), significantly underestimates the annoyance associated with aircraft noise, and underestimates that due to surface traffic noise.
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Response of K. D. Kryter to modified comments by T. J. Schultz on K. D. Kryter’s paper, ‘‘Community annoyance from aircraft and ground vehicle noise’’[J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 72, 1243–1252 (1982)]
TL;DR: In this paper, a response to comments made by T. J. Schultz [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 72, 1243-1252 (1982)] with respect to a paper by K. D. Kryter is given.