Total Annoyance caused by Simultaneous Impulse, Road-Traffic, and Aircraft Sounds (Hinder ten Gevolge van Gelijktijdig Impuls-, Wegverkeers- en Luchtverkeersgeluid).

摘要

Total annoyance caused by different simultaneous environmental sounds is investigated. It is fairly well established that in combinations in which the annoyance of one source is considerably high than that of the other source, total annoyance is equal to the maximum annoyance of the separate sources (dominance model). For combinations in which both sounds are about equally annoying, total annoyance seems to be higher than the maximum source-specific annoyance. the available data, however, are too rough to model total annoyance in these conditions. The present laboratory studies were therefore designed to explore further possible procedures to quantify total annoyance. Subjects rated the (total) annoyance caused by various combinations of impulse, road-traffic, and aircraft sounds. Results support a relatively simple model in which total annoyance is predicted from the source-specific annoyance of the separate sounds (the source-specific dose-effect relationships).