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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, the extent of annoyance caused by road traffic noise was investigated in 15 areas with a varying number of vehicles and different distances between the traffic and houses, and the results showed that the number of noise events did not influence the degree of annoyance.
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TL;DR: A short questionnaire aimed to evaluate the employees' comfort in an open-plan office and to propose optimal modifications of the office showed that intelligible conversations represent the main source of noise annoyance; moreover, overall noise level is not related to this annoyance.
Abstract: It is currently accepted that noise is one of the most important annoyance factors in open-space offices. However, noise levels measured in open spaces of the tertiary sector rarely exceed 65 dB(A). It, therefore, appears necessary to develop a tool that can be used to assess the noise environment of these offices and identify the parameters to be taken into consideration when assessing the noise annoyance. This article presents a questionnaire to be filled by people working in such environment, and a case study in different open plan offices. The majority of the 237 respondents consider that the ambient noise level in their environment is high and that intelligible conversations between their colleagues represent the main source of noise annoyance. This annoyance was significantly correlated with their evaluation of sound intensity, which could not be represented by A-weighted level measurements.
84 citations
TL;DR: Having a window facing a yard, water or green space was associated to a substantially reduced risk of noise annoyance and concentration problems, and if this window was the bedroom window, sleeping problems were less likely.
Abstract: Background: Access to a quiet side in one’s dwelling is thought to compensate for higher noise levels at the most exposed facade. It has also been indicated that noise from combined traffic sources causes more noise annoyance than equal average levels from either road traffic or railway noise separately. Methods: 2612 persons in Malmo, Sweden, answered to a residential environment survey including questions on outdoor environment, noise sensitivity, noise annoyance, sleep quality and concentration problems. Road traffic and railway noise was modeled using Geographic Information System. Results: Access to a quiet side, i.e., at least one window facing yard, water or green space, was associated with reduced risk of annoyance OR (95%CI) 0.47 (0.38–0.59), and concentration problems 0.76 (0.61–0.95). Bedroom window facing the same environment was associated to reduced risk of reporting of poor sleep quality 0.78 (0.64–1.00). Railway noise was associated with reduced risk of annoyance below 55 dB(A) but not at higher levels of exposure. Conclusions: Having a window facing a yard, water or green space was associated to a substantially reduced risk of noise annoyance and concentration problems. If this window was the bedroom window, sleeping problems were less likely.
83 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated road traffic noise in Greater Cairo, the capital and the largest city in Egypt and the eleventh biggest city in the world, and found that there was a strong relationship between road traffic noises levels and the percentage of highly annoyed respondents.
82 citations
TL;DR: Noise was undoubtedly associated with annoyance and Hypersensitivity to noise was associated with a high frequency of psychiatric symptoms and should be considered among the high risk factors for psychiatric illness.
Abstract: Results of the investigation of a sample of size N = 200, half of whom live in the vicinity of a main airport, are reported. Three health indicators were examined: (1) annoyance reactions measured with a scale which did not include symptoms; (2) a symptom score, obtained with a screening instrument which identifies possible psychiatric cases; and (3) confirmed psychiatric cases identified with a traditional diagnosis after an interview by a psychiatrist. Noise was undoubtedly associated with annoyance. An association between noise and psychiatric measures was only present in a subgroup of respondents of high education. There was a marked association between annoyance and psychiatric measures. An attempt was made to clarify the nature of this relationship. Hypersensitivity to noise was associated with a high frequency of psychiatric symptoms and should be considered among the high risk factors for psychiatric illness.
81 citations