Traffic noise exposure and annoyance reactions
Journal of Sound and Vibration, (1976)Abstract
The relation between annoyance and exposure to traffic noise was studied
in areas exposed to different levels of city traffic noise. A traditional
social survey technique was used and the annoyance was evaluated
as the percent very annoyed in population samples of about eighty
persons. A relatively good relation was found between the annoyance
and the traffic noise level expressed as LAq or L01. When noise levels
in dB(A) or number of vehicles were related to annoyance a higher
correlation was found for data from the heavy vehicles. If the noise
level was expressed as the dB(A) value from heavy vehicles (buses,
trucks) a dose-response relationship resembling that earlier found
for aircraft noise was found.