A Systematic Interpretation of a Dosage-Effect Relationship for the Prevalence of Noise-Induced Annoyance

Abstract

This report applies a NSBIT -developed probabilistic model to a body of social survey findings described by Fidell, Barber and Schultz (1988) to derive a dosage-effect relationship between outdoor noise exposure and the prevalence of annoyance in communities. The probabilistic model (Fidell, Schultz and Green, 1988) provides a means for independently estimating the contributions of acoustic and nonacoustic factors (the latter collectively termed 'response bias') to the observed prevalence of annoyance in communities. The results of the analysis described in this report permit construction of tools that environmental planners can use to make more sophisticated and defensible predictions of annoyance associated with noise of Air Force flight operations. Keywords: Annoyance; Aircraft noise; Traffic noise; Psycho-acoustics; Community response; Noise pollution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 18, 1989
Accession Number
ADA220113

Entities

People

  • D. Green
  • Sanford Fidell

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Noise
  • Classification
  • Communities
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Sets
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Models
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Surface Transportation
  • Surveys
  • Transportation

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  • Acoustics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation