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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: Perception models with an interaction term seemed to be the best predictors for the two combined noise sources under study, even with high differences in sound pressure level, which reinforced the need to focus on perceptual models and to improve the prediction of partial annoyances.
Abstract: Total annoyance due to combined noises is still difficult to predict adequately. This scientific gap is an obstacle for noise action planning, especially in urban areas where inhabitants are usually exposed to high noise levels from multiple sources. In this context, this work aims to highlight potential to enhance the prediction of total annoyance. The work is based on a simulated environment experiment where participants performed activities in a living room while exposed to combined road traffic and industrial noises. The first objective of the experiment presented in this paper was to gain further understanding of the effects on annoyance of some acoustical factors, non-acoustical factors and potential interactions between the combined noise sources. The second one was to assess total annoyance models constructed from the data collected during the experiment and tested using data gathered in situ. The results obtained in this work highlighted the superiority of perceptual models. In particular, perceptual models with an interaction term seemed to be the best predictors for the two combined noise sources under study, even with high differences in sound pressure level. Thus, these results reinforced the need to focus on perceptual models and to improve the prediction of partial annoyances.

16 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of outdoor air pollution and traffic noise on noise annoyance were investigated and the results showed that varying levels of co-exposure to traffic noise and air pollution along with odour annoyances in the corridor and a control area had strong effects on the noise annoyance dose-response.

16 citations

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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.
Abstract: 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. Acoust. Soc. Am. 64, 377–405 (1978)], significantly underestimates the annoyance associated with aircraft noise, and underestimates that due to surface traffic noise. While the earlier Schultz paper may not be entirely correct, a careful study of Kryter’s new analysis suggests that his conclusions are considerably more dubious than he regards those of Schultz.

16 citations

01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of combined noise sources on the overall annoyance perceived by residents and potential particular effects, such as for example synergetic effects from two different noise sources, were investigated.
Abstract: The development of double infrastructures, a motorway and a high speed railway line for example, leads to an increasing number of residents exposed simultaneously to several noise sources, each one having its own characteristics and effects. However, nowadays, this kind of situation can't be precisely qualified in terms of annoyance. The objective of the present study is on the one hand to determine the effects of combined noise sources on the overall annoyance perceived by residents and on the other hand to study potential particular effects, such as for example synergetic effects from two different noise sources. The results show that a dose response curve, when assessed for one single source (road or railway) should take into account exposure to other sources. For the covering abstract see ITRD E107776.

16 citations

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TL;DR: The aim of the eVADER project is to propose solutions in order to add warning sounds to electric or hybrid cars, while fulfilling two contradictory goals : sounds should be detectable but should not contribute to traffic noise annoyance.
Abstract: Electric or hybrid vehicles are very quiet at low speeds, which represents a very good opportunity to reduce traffic noise annoyance in cities. On the other hand, this may be very hazardous for vulnerable pedestrians (e.g. visually impaired people). The aim of the eVADER project is to propose solutions in order to add warning sounds to such cars, while fulfilling two contradictory goals : sounds should be detectable but should not contribute to traffic noise annoyance. Different perceptual experiments have been conducted : the first one evaluated the influence of various timbre parameters on sound detectability. It was shown that an electric vehicle equipped with one particular sound was as easily detected as a diesel one, while keeping a very low level. Then the influence of some timbre parameters (pitch and temporal modulation frequency) on the distance and speed as perceived by listeners was measured. Finally, a third experiment was devoted to the consequence on traffic noise annoyance of such warning sounds.

16 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023187
2022275
202166
202055
201968
201890