EFFECTS OF TIME-VARYING NOISE ON ANNOYANCE: A REVIEW

This report summarizes the literature dealing with the adverse response of people to time-varying noise, and identifies both the acoustical and non-acoustical factors that influence the relationship between time-varying noise and annoyance. An examination of the laboratory research concerned with the functional relationship between annoyance and the temporal and acoustic parameters of noise shows the tenuousness of such relationships. The adequacy of currently used and/or proposed rating procedures for predicting subjective response to time-varying noise is examined. Critical gaps in current knowledge are identified.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  National Engineering Laboratory
  Gaithersburg, MD  United States  20760

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Yaniv, S L
  • Bauer, J W
  • Danner, W F
  • Flynn, D R
• Publication Date: 1981-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 56 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustics; Annoyance; Noise; Ratings; Time; Variance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subjective analysis
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379570
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: NBSIR 81-2377, HS-034 952
• Contract Numbers: NSB/DOT 6-3-0154
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1983 12:00AM