Evaluation of Psychoacoustic Annoyance and Perception of Noise Annoyance Inside University Facilities

Effects of noise annoyance on mental distress

Introduction: Noise is one of the most harmful physical factors in the workplace that can cause annoyance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of annoyance caused by occupational noise on employee’s mental distress. Materials and Methods: This analytical-descriptive study was performed on 325 employees of the parts manufacturing industry in seven groups and the noise ...

Fuzzy modeling of noise annoyance

Low frequency noise and annoyance.

Low frequency noise, the frequency range from about 10 Hz to 200 Hz, has been recognised as a special environmental noise problem, particularly to sensitive people in their homes. Conventional methods of assessing annoyance, typically based on A-weighted equivalent level, are inadequate for low frequency noise and lead to incorrect decisions by regulatory authorities. There have been a large nu...

An improved psychoacoustic annoyance model based on tonal noises

According to 4 acoustical parameters of noise samples, Zwicker’s psychoacoustic annoyance model can be used to estimate the relative degree of noise annoyance. However, this model cannot be well applied to compare the annoyance degrees of tonal noises and atonal noises. In order to improve its estimation effect on tonal noises, laboratory subjective evaluation tests were conducted on 3 sample g...

Investigating the effect of personality traits on sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception due to exposure to high frequency noise

Introduction: Although noise characteristics such as intensity and frequency are the main cause of detrimental effects, it is important to pay attention to the personality traits of individuals as the host of adverse health effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of personality traits on sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception due to exposure to high frequency sound....