Source-based subjective responses to sleep disturbance from transportation noise

There is increasing evidence to suggest that the use of subjective responses to questions concerning night-time environmental noise exposure is a robust method of assessing sleep disturbance from road traffic noise. However, there have only been a few studies exploring this issue in a real world context beyond controlled laboratory settings. This paper presents results from such a study. It utilises 208 household questionnaire surveys to assess subjective responses to levels of night-time sleep disturbance and annoyance from four different residential sites. Each residential site is characterised by a dominant noise source – road, light rail, and aircraft – and these sites are compared to a control site that is relatively free from transportation noise. The results demonstrate the inadequacy of continuous equivalent noise level measures as indicators of night-time disturbance. Furthermore, they suggest that the use of these measures alone is likely to result in inaccurate appraisals of night-time sleep disturbance from transportation noise. Ultimately, the research implies that measurement data should be used in conjunction with subjective response data to accurately gauge the level of night-time disturbance from transportation noise.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.030
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016301593
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4079573
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Douglas, O
  • Murphy, E
• Publication Date: 2016-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 450-456
• Serial:
  • Environment International
  • Volume: 92–93
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0160-4120
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/environment-international
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft noise; Households; Light rail transit; Noise sources; Questionnaires; Sleep; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad noise; Sleep disturbance
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01607008
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 2016 4:45PM