Evaluating roadside noise barriers using an annoyance-reduction criterion

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3561-3567

  Nilsson, Mats E ^a,b   Andéhn, Mikael ^b   Leśna, Paulina ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW-FREQUENCY SOUNDS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATIONS; NOISE BARRIERS; REDUCTION EFFICIENCIES; ROADSIDE BARRIERS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ROADSIDES; ULTRASONICS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

EID: 60049091115     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2997433     Document Type: Article

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