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Annoyance
About: Annoyance is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2015 publications have been published within this topic receiving 38300 citations. The topic is also known as: annoy.
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TL;DR: In this article, a modification of L eq is suggested, based on the simple fact that noise below a certain threshold may not be heard, and consequently cannot contribute to the annoyance.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate if background noise in Swedish elementary schools is to be considered as LFN, further to test the hypothesis that students exposed to audible low frequency noise at high levels are more annoyed than those exposed to low LFN at lower levels.
Abstract: 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. One method suggested to identify LFN is the dB(C) - dB(A) difference. The aims of this study are to investigate if background noise in Swedish elementary schools is to be considered as LFN, further to test the hypothesis that students exposed to audible LFN at high levels are more annoyed than students exposed to LFN at lower levels. The results indicate that the noise in 16 out of 22 classrooms should be considered as LFN. The analysis did not show any difference in rated annoyance between students exposed to high LFN levels and students exposed to low LFN levels.
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TL;DR: In this article, a laboratory study was undertaken to investigate the relation between traffic noise and annoyance with special reference to the number of noisy events, and the results point to certain limitations in the validity of the equal energy concept and to the usefulness of laboratory studies to investigate reactions to environmental noise.
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TL;DR: In this article, a listening test was performed to investigate the influence of background sounds on perceived loudness of wind turbine noise, and the results showed that natural sounds may create pleasant soundscapes that mask turbine noise.
Abstract: Natural sounds may create pleasant soundscapes that mask wind turbine noise. To explore this, a listening test was performed to investigate the influence of background sounds on perceived loudness ...
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