The influence of background sounds on loudness and annoyance of wind turbine noise

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 741-748

  Bolin, Karl ^a   Kedhammar, Anders ^b   Nilsson, Mats E ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE RATING; CONTROL MEASURES; ENERGETIC MASKING; LISTENING TESTS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; NATURAL AMBIENT; PERCEIVED LOUDNESS; SOUND ENVIRONMENT; SOUNDSCAPES; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

AUDITION;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84866562756     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918555     Document Type: Article

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