Relationship Between Measured Noise Levels and their Classification According to the Degree of Annoyance Perceived
Community noise control represents a challenge to architects, acoustical engineers, civil engineers, etc.. This study, using data gathered from a community widely affected by noise contamination, located near the city of Valencia, Spain, presents the possibility of developing a relationship
between the noise level emitted and the degree of annoyance perceived by the residents of this community. Based on two questions taken from a survey given as a part of the study and the noise levels we measured, polynomial expressions have been developed that enable us to obtain the number
of people affected by a specific degree of annoyance based on the noise level measured at a specific time of the day, (between 8 am and 8 pm) and to obtain the equivalent noise level during the time interval between 8 am and 8 pm based on the degree of annoyance perceived.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 March 1996
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