ANNOYANCE MEASUREMENTS RELATED TO URBAN TRAFFIC NOISE EXPOSURE

JURY LISTENING TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE QUANTITATIVELY THE ROLE OF NOISE FLUCTUATIONS IN ESTABLISHING THE TOTAL SUBJECTIVE ANNOYANCE OF URBAN TRAFFIC NOISE. BOTH GAUSSIAN AND NON-GAUSSIAN NOISE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION HAVE BEEN STUDIED. THE NOISE POLLUTION INDEX, IN THE FORM L SUB NP EQUALS L SUB EQ PLUS KO, APPEARS AS AN ACCEPTABLE PHYSICAL MEASURE FOR THE SUBJECTIVE ANNOYANCE OF TRAFFIC NOISE HEARD INDOORS. THE COEFFICIENT K IS SENSITIVE TO A VARIETY OF FACTORS PECULIAR TO A GIVEN LISTENING SITUATION. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Toronto

  Institute for Aerospace Studies, 4925 Dufferin Road
  Toronto, Ontario  Canada  M5S 1A1
• Authors:
  • Johnston, G W
  • Carothers, R
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Annoyance; Equations; Measurement; Sound level; Traffic noise; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224489
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Res Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 24 1974 12:00AM