Noise and its effects - A review on qualitative aspects of sound. Part I: Notions and acoustic ratings

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 613-625

  Marquis Favre, C ^a   Premat, E ^a,d   Aubree D ^b   Vallett, M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment ^*  (France)

^c Institut National de Recherche Sur Les Transports Et Leur Securitie   (France)

^d Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement de Lyon   (France)

^e AEDIFICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY EFFECTS; HORMONAL SECRETION; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFRIGERATORS; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 23044497448     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (163)

1. The epic of Gilgamesh. 3000 B.C.
2. Horace: Epître à Julius Floras. 65 B.C.
3. N. Boileau: Les embarras de Paris (Satire VI). 1660.
4. C. Baudelaire: Les fleurs du mal - tableaux parisiens. 1861.
5. B. Vincent: Contexte acoustique et environnemental dans l'évaluation des variations de la gêne due au brait autoroutier, essai de modélisation. Thèse de Doctorat en Psychologie, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, 1994.
6. Journal Officiel du ler janvier 1993: Loi no. 92-1444 du 31 décembre 1992 relative à la lutte contre le bruit. 1993.
7. A. C. McKennell: The social survey, aircraft noise annoyance around London (Heathrow) airport, report and appendices. Central Office of Information, England, 1963.
8. Committee on the problem of noise, Wilson et al.: Noise, final report. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1963.
9. I. D. Griffiths, F. J. Langdon: Subjective response to road traffic noise. Current Papers 37/68, Building Research Station, England, 1968.
10. Mil Research Ltd. : Second survey of aircraft noise annoyance around London (Heathrow) airport. Report prepared for Social Survey Division on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 193p, 1971.
11. National Swedish Institute for Building Research and the National Swedish Institute of Public Health: Traffic noise in residential areas, report fran Byggforskningen, AB Svensk Byggtjänst. Stockholm, 1970.
12. B. Rohrmann: Design and preliminary results of an interdisciplinary field study on urban noise. Journal of Sound and Vibration 59 (1980) 111-113.
13. Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc.: Noise environment of urban and suburban areas. Developed under The Technical Studies Program of the Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, US Government Printing Office Washington, 1967.
14. M. Bacelon, C. Lamure: La gêne due au bruit de circulation automobile, une enquête auprès des riverains d'autoroutes. Cahiers du C.S.T.B., 88, Paris, 1967.
15. ISO 1996-1: Acoustics - Description, measurement and assessment of environmental noise - Part 1: Basic quantities and assessment procedures. 2003.
16. Journal Officiel du 17 février 1972: Arrêté 1972-02-10, arrêté relatif à l'attribution aux bâtiments d'habitation d'un "Label Confort acoustique". 1972.
17. M. Vallet, M. Maurin, M. A. Page, B. Favre, G. Pachiaudi: Annoyance from and habituation to road traffic noise from urban expressways. Journal of Sound and Vibration 60 (1978) 423-440.
18. J. Lambert, F. Simonnet, M. Vallet: Patterns of behaviour in dwellings exposed to road traffic noise. Journal of Sound and Vibration 92 (1984) 159-172.
19. M. Maurin, J. Lambert: Exposure of the French population to transport noise. Noise Control Engineering Journal 35 (1990) 5-18.
20. J. Lambert: Qualité de l'environnement sonore urbain. Etude comparative des réglementations existantes. I.N.R. E.T.S., Bron, 1992.
21. C. Levy-Leboyer: La gêne due au bruit, mesure et signification. Ministère de l'environnement S.R.E.T.I.E., Paris, 1988.
22. P. Schomer, Y. Suzuki, F. Saito: Evaluation of loudness-level weightings for assessing the annoyance of environmental noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 110 (2001) 2390-2397.
23. P. Amphoux: L'identité sonore des villes européennes. Guide méthodologique à l'usage des gestionnaires de la ville, des techniciens du son et des chercheurs en sciences sociales. Tome 1 - Techniques d'enquêtes. Cresson-Irec, Grenoble, 1993.
24. P. Amphoux: L'identité sonore des villes européennes. Guide méthodologique à l'usage des gestionnaires de la ville, des techniciens du son et des chercheurs en sciences sociales. Tome 2 - Répertoire de concepts. Cresso-Irec, Grenoble, 1993.
25. A. Fyhri, R. Klaeboe: Exploring the impact of visual aesthetics on the soundscape. Proc. Inter-Noise, Fort Lauderdale, 1999, 2, 1261-1264.
26. O. Axelsson, B. Berglund, M. E. Nilsson: Towards green labelling of soundscapes in residential areas. Proc. Euronoise, Naples, 2003, CD ISBN 88-88942-00-9, Paper ID 415.
27. World Health Organization: Guidelines for community noise. Edited by B. Berglund, T. Lindvall, D. H. Schwela, K.-T. Goh, 2000.
28. J. Mouret, M. Vallet: Les effets du bruit sur la santé. Ministère des affaires sociales de la santé et de la ville, 1995.
29. B. Berglund, P. Hassmen, R. F. S. Job: Sources and effects of low-frequency noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 99 (1996) 2985-3002.
30. World Health Organization: Community noise. Final report, Archives of the center for sensory research. 2(1), 1180. B. Berglund, T. Lindvall (eds.), 1992.
31. K. D. Kryter: Physiological, psychological and social effects of noise. NASA, Washington, DC, 1984.
32. K. D. Kryter: The effects of noise on man. Second edition. Academic Press, New York, 1985.
33. eq = 75 dB, as a function of sex, age and level of anxiety. A comparative study. I. Heart rate data. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 63 (1992) 477-484.
34. H. Ising, W. Babisch, B. Kruppa, A. Lindthammer, D. Wiens: Subjective work noise - a major risk factor in myocardial infarction. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 4, 2159-2164.
35. W. Babisch: Traffic noise and cardiovascular disease: epidemiological review and synthesis. Noise and Health 8 (2000) 9-32.
36. S. M. Taylor: Noise as a population health problem. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 1157-1162.
37. W. Babisch: Stress hormones in the research on cardiovascular effects of noise. Proc. I.C.A., Rome, Italy, 2001, CD ISBN 88-88387-02-1, 4-5.
38. S. Rehm, G. Jansen: Aircraft noise and premature birth. Journal of Sound and Vibration 59 (1978) 133-135.
39. S. H. P. Bly, M. Goddard, J. McLean: A review of the effects of noise on the immune system. Proc. Noise as a public health problem, Nice, 1993, 2, 509-512.
40. C. Maschke: Preventive medical limits for chronic traffic noise exposure. Proc. Forum Acusticum and ASA joint meeting, Berlin, 1999, CD ISBN 3-9804568-5-4, Paper 5PNSA-5.
41. H. Selye: Le stress de la vie. Gallimard, Paris, 1962.
42. A. Muzet: Le bruit. Flammarion, Paris, 1999.
43. P. Grognot, G. Perdriel: Effect of noise on color vision and night vision. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 153 (1959) 142-143.
44. G. Perdriel, P. Grognot, M. Leblanc: Influence du bruit sur l'électro-rétinogramme. Bull. Soc. Ophtalm. (1975) 995-998.
45. W. Cannon: Stresses and strain of homeostasis. Am. J. Med. Sci. 189 (1935) 1-14.
46. D. C. Glass, J. E. Singer: Urban stress: experiments on noise and social stressors. Academic Press, New York, 1972.
47. S. Cohen, G. W. Evans, D. Stokols, D. S. Krantz: Behavior, health and environmental stress. Plenum Press, New York, 1986.
48. S. Thompson: Non-auditory health effects of noise: updated review. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 4, 2177-2182.
49. W. Babisch, H. Fromme, A. Beyer, H. Ising: Elevated catecholamine levels in urine in traffic noise exposed subjects. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 4, 2153-2158.
50. S. Bly, S. Keith, J. Mclean, J. Kim: A laboratory study of physiological stress in humans exposed to simulated military aircraft flyover noise. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 4, 2141-2146.
51. G. Jansen: Effects of noise on physiological state. Noise as a public health hazard. Report ASHA, 4, 1969. 89-98.
52. A. Muzet, J. Erhardt: Amplitude des modifications cardio-vasculaires provoquées par le bruit au cours du sommeil. Cœur et médecine interne 17 (1978) 49-56.
53. R. Smith, R. Oyung, K. Gregory, D. Miller, M. Rosekind: Evaluating sleep disturbance: a review of methods. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 4, 2073-2078.
54. N. L. Carter: Approaches to the study of noise induced sleep disturbance. Proc. InterNoise, Liverpool, 1996, 5, 2277-2282.
55. H. M. E. Miedema, W. Passchier-Vermeer, H. Vos: Elements for a position paper on night-time transportation noise and sleep disturbance. TNO Inro report 2002-59, 2003.
56. R. Wilkinson, K. Campbell: Effects of traffic noise on quality of sleep: assessment by EEG, subjective report, or performance the next day. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 75 (1984) 468-475.
57. M. Vallet, I. Vernet, P. Champelovier, M. Maurin: A road traffic noise index for the night time. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 5, 2345-2356.
58. E. Öhrström, R. Rylander: Sleep disturbance effects of traffic noise - A laboratory study on after effects. Journal of Sound and Vibration 84 (1982) 87-103.
59. P. Nelson: Transportation noise. Reference book. Butterworths, University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1987.
60. E. Öhrström, R. Rylander: Sleep disturbance effects of traffic noise - A laboratory study on the number of noise events. Journal of Sound and Vibration 143 (1990) 93-101.
61. M. Vallet: Sleep disturbance by noise: recent orientations. Proc. Noise as a public health problem Sydney (1998) 2, 421-426.
62. D. A. Laird: The influence of noise on production and fatigue as related to pitch sensation level and steadiness of the noise. Journal Applied Psych. 17 (1953).
63. J. V. Grimaldi: Sensory motor performance under varying noise conditions. Ergonomics 2 (1958) 34-43.
64. J. Parrot, G. Wittersheim: Effets transitoires d'échelons de bruit sur la mobilité palpébrale et divers critères de performance au cours de l'exécution d'une tâche psychomotrice de longue durée. - In: Problèmes Actuels de la Recherche en ergonomie. Dunod, Paris, 1968.
65. I. Enmarker: The effect of road traffic noise on teachers' memory and attention. Proc. Euronoise, Naples, 2003, CD ISBN 88-88942-00-9, Paper ID 322-IP.
66. E. Boman: The effect of road traffic noise on pupils' attention and memory. Proc. Euronoise, Naples, 2003, CD ISBN 88-88942-00-9, Paper ID 323-IP.
67. M. Meis, S. Hygge, G. W. Evans, M. Bullinger: Dissociative effects of traffic noise on implicit and explicit memory: Results from field and laboratory studies. Proc. Noise as a Public Health Problem, Sydney, 1998, 1, 389-394.
68. M. M. Haines, S. Stansfeld, R. F. S. Job, B. Berglund, J. Head: Chronic aircraft noise exposure, stress responses, mental health and cognitive performance in school children. Psychological Medicine 31 (2001) 265-277.
69. S. Hygge, G. W. Evans, M. Bullinger: A prospective study of some effects of aircraft noise on cognitive performance in schoolchildren. Psychological Science 13 (2002) 469-474.
70. G. W. Evans, P. Lercher, M. Meis, H. Ising, W. W. Kofler: Community noise exposure and stress in children. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 109 (2001) 1023-1027.
71. M. Matheson, C. Clark, S. A. Stansfeld, B. Berglund, E. Ohrström, P. Fischer, I. Lopez Barrio: The effects of road traffic and aircraft noise exposure on children's cognition and health: the RANCH project. Proc. Euronoise, Naples, 2003, CD ISBN 88-88942-00-9, Paper ID 307.
72. M. Vallet: L'évolution des exigences humaines en matiëre de bruit routier. Journal d'Acoustique 3 (1990) 281-286.
73. P. Lercher: Road traffic noise, self medication, and prescriptions: a community study. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 4, 2171-2176.
74. R. F. S. Job, J. Hatfield, G. Faunce, N. L. Carter, P. Peploe, R. Taylor, S. Morrell: The effect of changed noise levels at Sydney airport on health outcomes I: Area differences. Proc. Forum Acusticum, Sevilla, 2002, CD ISBN 84-87985-06-8, Paper NOI-05-005-IP.
75. J. Lambert, R. Duisit, C. Ventre: L'impact du bruit de circulation sur le marché immobilier, résultats d'une préenquête. I.R.T.-C.E.R.N.E.,Bron, 1982.
76. T. J. Schultz: Community noise rating. Applied Science Publishers Ltd, London, 1982.
77. P. Liénard: Décibels et indices de bruit. Diverses méthodes d'évaluation des niveaux sonores. Gêne et nuisance dues au bruit à partir de mesures physiques. Masson, Paris, 1978.
78. Brüel and Kjaer: Acoustic noise measurements. Larsen and Son, Denmark, 1988.
79. L. L. Beranek: Acoustical measurements. The American Institute of Physics, U.S.A., 1988.
80. A. Hardy, R. Jones: Subjective response to locomotive environmental noise - practical experience in the U.K. Proc. ICSV6, Copenhagen, 1999, 3, 1297-1302.
81. H. Ochiai, Y. Tokita, S. Yamada: Study on evaluation method of infra and low frequency noise. Proc. InterNoise, Fort Lauderdale, 1999, 2, 1153-1158.
82. S. S. Stevens: Perceived level of noise by Mark VII and decibels (E). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 51 (1972) 575-601.
83. H. Fasti: The psychoacoustics of sound-quality evaluation. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 754-764.
84. A. Preis, M. Ishibashi, H. Tachibana, Y. Oshino: Perception of the vehicle pass-by noise on different road surfaces. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 935-938.
85. G. Kerry, P. Wheeler, C. Lomax, D. James: The assessment of noise from low flying military jet aircraft in the community. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 1195-1198.
86. P. Brüel: Short noise peaks in industry. Proc. ICSV6, Copenhagen, 1999, 3, 1119-1124.
87. S. Suzuki, T. Kawada, Y. Kiriyu, Y. Sasazawa: Effect of road traffic noise on sleep estimated by polygraph. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 1075-1078.
88. M. Masoero, D. Papi: Technical notes: the european standards on railway noise. Acta Acustica 82 (1996) 665-667.
89. European Commission: Green Paper. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 181-190.
90. O.E.C.D. Report: Fighting noise. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Publications, Paris, 1986.
91. P. Schomer: Revision to the ISO 1996 series - Description, measurement and assessment of environmental noise. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 3, 1685-1690.
92. M. Maurin, S. Sartre, F. Chartier, J. G. Charre, J. Turpin, J. C. Bruyère, B. Favre, G. Pachiaudi, M. Vallet, G. Bonnardel: Enquête nationale sur les nuisances dues aux transports en France. Collection Recherche Environnement no. 22, Mission des Etudes et de la Recherche, M.E., 1984.
93. A. Garcia: Noise survey in the community of Valencia (Spain). Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 516-521.
94. J. Coelho, M. Palma, A. Almeida: The new Lisbon airport -anoise study. Proc. ICSV6, Copenhagen, 1999, 3, 1297-1302.
95. A. Saadu, R. Onyeonwu, E. Ayorinde, F. Ogisi: Road traffic noise survey and analysis of some major urban centers in Nigeria. Noise Control Eng. J. 46 (1998) 146-158.
96. M. Maurin: Road noise levels: why to get 24-hour measurements? Proc. Transport Noise, St. Petersburg, 1994, 267-270.
97. R. Guski: Psychological determinants of train noise annoyance. Proc. Euro-Noise, Munich, 1998, 1, 573-576.
98. F. Bruckmayer, J. Lang: Störung der Bevölkerung durch Verkehrslärm, (annoyance of people by traffic noise). Österreichische Ingenieur Zeitschrift 10 (1967) 302-306, 338-344, 376-385.
99. D. M. Robinson: Towards an unified system of noise assesment. Journal of Sound and Vibration 14 (1971) 279-298.
100. S. Fidell, K. Pearsons, B. G. Tabachnick, R. Howe: Effects on sleep disturbance of changes in aircraft noise near three airports. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107 (2000) 2535-2547.
101. E. Buchta, J. Vos: A field survey on the annoyance caused by sounds from large firearms and road traffic. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (1998) 2890-2902.
102. J. Vos: On the annoyance caused by impulse sounds produced by small, medium-large and large firearms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 109 (2001) 244-253.
103. J. Vos: A- and C-weighted sound levels as predictors of the annoyance caused by shooting sounds, for various façade attenuation types. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113 (2003) 336-347.
104. S. Fidell, K. Pearsons, L. Silvati, M. Sneddon: Relationship between low-frequency aircraft noise and annoyance due to rattle and vibration. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 111 (2002) 1743-1750.
105. P. D. Schomer: Loudness-level weighting for environmental noise assessment. Acta Acustica 86 (2000) 49-61.
106. ISO 226: Acoustics - Normal equal-loudness-level contours. 2003.
107. D. Bertoni, A. Franchini, M. Magnoni, P. Tartoni, M. Vallet: Reaction of people to urban traffic noise in Modena, Italy. Proc. Noise as a Public Health Problem, Nice, 1993, 2, 593-596.
108. S. Fidell, L. Silvati, K. Pearsons: Noticeability of a decrease in aircraft noise. Noise Control Eng. J. 46 (1998) 49-56.
109. J. Goldberg: Sydney's second airport proposal: a critical review of noise impact predictions in the environmental impact statement. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 1179-1182.
110. T. J. Schultz: Synthesis of social surveys on noise annoyance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 64 (1978) 377-405.
111. K. D. Kryter: Community annoyance from aircraft and ground vehicle noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 72 (1982) 1222-1242.
112. J. M. Fields: The effect of numbers of noise events on people's reactions to noise: an analysis of existing survey data. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 75 (1984) 447-467.
113. S. Fidell, D. S. Barber, T. J. Schultz: Updating a dosageeffect relationship for the prevalence of annoyance due to general transportation noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 89 (1991) 221-233.
114. J. M. Fields: Reactions to environmental noise in an ambient noise context in residential areas. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (1998) 2245-2260.
115. H. Miedema, H. Vos: Exposure-response relationships for transportation noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104 (1998) 3432-3445.
116. European Parliament and Council: Directive 2002/49/EC of the 25th June 2002. 2002.
117. European Parliament and Council: Commission recommendation 2003/613/EC of the 6th August 2003. 2003.
118. ISO 1996-2: Acoustics - description and measurement of environmental noise - Part 2: Acquisition of data pertinent to land use. 1987.
119. D. Aubrée, S. Auzou, J. M. Rapin: Etude de la gêne due au trafic automobile urbain. Annexe no.3 Sites de mesure et méthodologie. Rapport CSTB, 1971. 166-212.
120. S. Tang: A distribution function applicable to office noise study. Journal of Sound and Vibration 208 (1997) 603-615.
121. M. Raimbault, C. Lavandier: Sound ambient environment of urban places: comparison of sound appraisal factors with acoustical parameters. Proc. Forum Acusticum, Sevilla, Spain, 2002, CD ISBN 84-87985-06-8, Paper NOI-07-017.
122. D. R. Johnson, E. G. Saunders: The evaluation of noise from freely flowing traffic. Journal of Sound and Vibration 7 (1968) 287-309.
123. S. Tang: On the statistical characteristics of environmental noise in a high-rise city. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 991-994.
124. eq for road traffic noise. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 947-950.
125. ISO 3891: Acoustics - Procedure for describing aircraft noise heard on the ground. 1978.
126. M. Vallet, V. B.: La gêne due au bruit des avions autour des aéroports. Méthodologie de l'enquête auprès des riverains de Roissy et d'Orly. Echo Bruit 88 (1999) 34-36.
127. S. S. Stevens: The measurement of loudness. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 27 (1955) 815-829.
128. B. Berglund, U. Berglund, T. Lindvall: Scaling loudness, noisiness, and annoyance of aircraft noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 57 (1975) 930-934.
129. B. Berglund, U. Berglund, T. Lindvall: Scaling loudness, noisiness, and annoyance of community noises. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 60 (1976) 1119-1125.
130. B. Berglund, U. Berglund, M. Goldstein, T. Lindvall: Loudness (or annoyance) summation of combined community noises. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 70 (1981) 1628-1634.
131. E. Zwicker, H. Fasti: Psychoacoustics: Facts and models. 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999.
132. E. Zwicker: Meaningful noise measurement and effective noise reduction. Noise Control Engineering Journal 29 (1987) 66-76.
133. R. Hellman, N. Broner: Assessment of the loudness and annoyance of low-frequency noise from a psychoacoustical perspective. Proc. Inter-Noise, Fort Lauderdale, 1999, 1893-1898.
134. A. Hellmann: Judged loudness of moving sound sources. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 5, 2211-2214.
135. R. Weber: Characterization of complex transportation noise with psycho-acoustical parameters. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 5, 2525-2530.
136. K. Persson Waye, E. Öhrström: Psycho-acoustic characters of relevance for annoyance of wind turbine noise. Journal of Sound and Vibration 250 (2002) 65-73.
137. B. Berglund, A. Preis: Is perceived annoyance more subject-dependent than perceived loudness? Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 313-319.
138. B. Berglund, M. Nilsson: Total annoyance models for community noises explicated. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998.
139. S. Kuwano, S. Namba, H. Miura: Advantages and disad-vantages of A-weighted sound pressure level in relation to subjective impression of environmental noises. Noise Control Eng. J. 33 (1989) 107-115.
140. B. Schulte-Fortkamp: The context effect of assessments on noise annoyance. Proc. Inter-Noise, Christchurch, 1998, 2, 1123-1128.
141. R. Guski: Psychological methods for evaluating sound quality and assessing acoustic information. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 765-774.
142. E. Zwicker, R. Feldtkeller: Psychoacoustique. L'oreille récepteur d'information. Masson, Paris, 1981.
143. K. Holmberg, U. Landstrom, A. Kjellberg, M. Tesarz: Phase effect on roughness sensation of complex tones. Proc. Inter-Noise, Liverpool, 1996, 5, 2521-2524.
144. G. von Bismarck: Sharpness as an attribute of the timbre of steady sounds. Acustica 30 (1974) 159-172.
145. M. Bodden: Instrumentation for sound quality evaluation. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 775-783.
146. A. Miskiewicz, T. Letowski: Psychoacoustics in the automotive industry. Acta Acustica 85 (1999) 646-649.
147. C. Beidl, W. Stücklschwaiger: Application of the AVL-annoyance index for engine noise quality development. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 789-795.
148. S. McAdams, P. Susini: Caractérisation perceptive des bruits de véhicule. Proc. Confort acoustique et vibratoire automobile et ferroviaire, Courbevoie, France, 1998, SIA 981002.
149. G. Canévet: La psychoacoustique. Aspects fondamentaux et exemples d'applications. Acoustiques et techniques 5 (1996) 7-14.
150. A. Zeitler, J. Hellbrueck: Sound quality assessment of every day noises by means of psychological scaling. Proc. Inter-Noise, 1999, 3, 1291-1296.
151. M. Bodden: Psychoacoustics and industry: instrumentation versus experience? Acta Acustica 85 (1999) 604-607.
152. ISO R 532: Acoustics - Methods for calculating loudness level: Method A, method B. 1975.
153. W. Aures: Der sensorische Wohlklang als Funktion psychoakustischer Empfindungsgrösse. Acta Acustica 58 (1985) 282-290.
154. J. Blauert, U. Jekosch: Sound-quality evaluation - a multi-layered problem. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 747-753.
155. O. Johansson, D. Trapenskas: Appropriate sound quality descriptors. Proc. ICSV6, Copenhagen, 1999, 6, 3039-3046.
156. CEI/IEC 60268-16: Sound system equipments - Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index. 1998.
157. C. M. Harris: Handbook of acoustical measurements and noise control, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991.
158. A. J. M. Houtsma: Psychoacoustics education in the Benelux. Acta Acustica 85 (1999) 626-628.
159. P. Wahlström: Sound quality criteria for railway vehicles. Proc. ICSV6, Copenhagen, 1999, 3113-3118.
160. O. Warusfel, J. P. Jullien: Subjective validation of an objective model for the characterization of the room acoustic quality. Proc. AES, London, 1987, G1.
161. H. Van der Auweraer, K. Wyckaert, W. Hendricx: From sound quality to the engineering of solutions for NVH problems: Case studies. Acta Acustica 83 (1997) 796-804.
162. D. R. Johnson: A note on the relationship between noise exposure and noise probability distribution. Natn. Phys. Lab. Aero Rep. Ac. 40 (1969).
163. H. Selye: A syndrome produced by diverse nocuous agents. Nature 138 (1936) 32.