Noise annoyance and activity disturbance before and after the erection of a roadside noise barrier

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2178-2188

  Nilsson, Mats E ^a   Berglund, Birgitta ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE ABATEMENT; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVITY DISTURBANCE; SOUND-LEVEL REDUCTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGHWAY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILES; COMMUNICATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645360003     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2169906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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