Snoring noise pollution - The need for objective quantification of annoyance, regulatory guidelines and mandatory therapy for snoring

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-40

  Caffier, P P ^a   Berl, J C ^a   Muggli, A ^b   Reinhardt, A ^a   Jakob, A ^b   Moser M ^b   Fietze, I ^a   Scherer, H ^a   Holzl M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitual snoring; Objective snore score; Psycho acoustic parameters; Psychosocial annoyance; Snoring noise quantification; Snoring sound analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; NOISE POLLUTION; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; HABITUAL SNORING; NOISE QUANTIFICATION; OBJECTIVE SNORE SCORE; PSYCHO ACOUSTICS; PSYCHO-ACOUSTIC PARAMETER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ANNOYANCE; SNORING NOISE QUANTIFICATION; SNORING SOUND ANALYSE; SNORING SOUNDS; SOUND ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNORING; SOUND INTENSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACOUSTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION; SPOUSE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNORING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPOUSES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34247536000     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/1/003     Document Type: Article

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