TTS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD AIRCRAFT NOISE

In an attempt to determine the effect on the auditory threshold of the worst "neighborhood" exposure to aircraft noise that can reasonably be expected, tape-recorded overpasses, both landings and takeoffs, were reproduced at 111 dBA peak level in a reverberant room. Six-hour exposures to landings or takeoffs at the rate of 1 per 1.5 or 3 min were given to one of two groups of five normal listeners. The mean TTS sub 2 (temporary threshold shift 2 min after exposure) did not reach 5 dB at any frequency in any condition. The possibility of hearing damage from such exposures is therefore judged to be remote, despite the fact that the 8-h "equivalent levels" of these exposures are as high as 90 dBA. The importance of interruptions in reducing risk is emphasized.

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• Authors:
  • Ward, W P
  • Cushing, E M
  • Burns, E M
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 182-185
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Volume: 60
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
  • ISSN: 0001-4966
  • Serial URL: http://asadl.org/jasa/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft noise; Airport noise; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental impacts; Hearings; Landing; Noise; Sound level; Takeoff; Tape recorders
• Old TRIS Terms: Noise exposure; Overflight; Takeoff and landing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155936
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM