Measuring subjective response to aircraft noise: The effects of survey context

Kroesen, Maarten; Molin, Eric; Wee, G.P. van

doi:10.1121/1.4768795

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“…Important further sources of variability in the answering behavior in noise surveys are, more generally, context effects. For example, the findings of Kroesen et al [6] support the hypothesis that measuring aircraft noise annoyance in relation to other noise sources creates a context in which people on average express a more extreme aircraft noise annoyance response. The criticism expressed by Brooker [19] about the methodology employed in the Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England (ANASE)-Study in the UK [20] also suggests that context is an important effect modifier in noise annoyance research.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Small changes in design, wording, item positioning, but also survey context or season may introduce variance of annoyance ratings which compromises the reliability and comparability of findings [1,2,3,4]. Owing to this, the research on survey context in the noise annoyance domain [5,6] and research about effects of the annoyance measurement scale employed [7,8] has recently gathered momentum.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of Scale, Question Location, Order of Response Alternatives, and Season on Self-Reported Noise Annoyance Using ICBEN Scales: A Field Experiment

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Schreckenberg

Vienneau

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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Abstract:The type of noise annoyance scale and aspects of its presentation such as response format or location within a questionnaire and other contextual factors may affect self-reported noise annoyance. By means of a balanced experimental design, the effect of type of annoyance question and corresponding scale (5-point verbal vs. 11-point numerical ICBEN (International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise) scale), presentation order of scale points (ascending vs. descending), question location (early vs. late within the questionnaire), and survey season (autumn vs. spring) on reported road traffic noise annoyance was investigated in a postal survey with a stratified random sample of 2386 Swiss residents. Our results showed that early appearance of annoyance questions was significantly associated with higher annoyance scores. Questionnaires filled out in autumn were associated with a significantly higher annoyance rating than in the springtime. No effect was found for the order of response alternatives. Standardized average annoyance scores were slightly higher using the 11-point numerical scale whereas the percentage of highly annoyed respondents was higher based on the 5-point scale, using common cutoff points. In conclusion, placement and presentation of annoyance questions within a questionnaire, as well as the time of the year a survey is carried out, have small but demonstrable effects on the degree of self-reported noise annoyance.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Scale, Question Location, Order of Response Alternatives, and Season on Self-Reported Noise Annoyance Using ICBEN Scales: A Field Experiment

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Vienneau

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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“…Selected studies make use of different study designs, that are laboratory tests [16,[18][19][20][21]24,25,32,34,36,[41][42][43]47] and field campaigns based on socio-acoustic [15,17,22,23,26,28,35,37,39,40,45,46,[48][49][50][51], social surveys [29][30][31]33,38,44], or soundscape assessments [27]. Laboratory studies evaluate testers' response to experimental stimuli in laboratory settings, under controlled conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Kroesen et al investigated the impact of the survey context on reported annoyance to aircraft noise [44]. The authors found that items preceding the question about aircraft noise annoyance in the survey design could influence the reported aircraft noise annoyance as well as the correlation trends between annoyance and other dimensions (noise sensitivity, individualism and egalitarianism).…”

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Assessment Methods and Factors Determining Positive Indoor Soundscapes in Residential Buildings: A Systematic Review

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The design of an indoor acoustic environment positively perceived by building occupants requires a perceptual approach to be adopted in order to define what makes it sound good. Soundscape standards ISO 12913 have been introduced to assess how the acoustic environment is perceived, in context, by people. According to the standards, a straightforward characterization of a soundscape as positive is currently possible only through measurements by persons, because of a current gap in linking perceptual metrics to acoustic or psychoacoustic measurements. In addition, despite applying also to indoor contexts, methods and perceptual metrics described by the standards have been mainly derived from studies related to outdoor urban environments and it is not clear whether they could be directly applied indoor. For this reason, a systematic review was performed to investigate: (i) Data collection methods used in the literature for indoor residential soundscapes and (ii) factors, output of such methods, that characterize them positively. For this purpose, a systematic review has been conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses) guidelines. The Scopus database was searched for peer-reviewed journal papers published in English, between 1 January 2009 and 24 June 2019, including: (1) field or laboratory studies relevant to residential buildings and (2) studies assessing factors that influence the perception by building users of indoor acoustic environments. The search excluded studies related to: (a) Speech perception issues; (b) noise-induced sleep disturbance; (c) acoustic perception by hearing impaired building users; (d) perception of vibrations or impact sounds. The search returned 1087 results. After the screening process, 37 articles were finally included. Given the differences in methodologic approaches, a quantitative meta-analysis could not be performed, and a qualitative approach was adopted instead. A large part of the selected literature reflected a general effort of minimizing noise annoyance by reducing noise exposure and, in particular, noise levels. Questionnaires and guided interviews were used to capture people’s perception, while the adoption of soundwalks and non-participatory behavioral studies did not emerge in the review literature and need further investigation. The evaluation of a variety of auditory sensations both in their positive and negative dimensions, beyond annoyance, would be required to explore the positive perceptual potential of sounds. Besides sound level, a variety of factors related and unrelated to the acoustic environment were found to affect perceptual outcomes and a framework of evaluation has been proposed as a reference for future assessments. Results encourage the integration of soundscape methodologies into IEQ research, in order to enhance user health and well-being.

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“…However, when Miedema and Vos 3 separated the survey data into different curves according to the type of transportation noise (aircraft, traffic, and railway), the aircraft noise yielded a significantly greater percentage of responders highly annoyed for a given day-night level. Although there might be several contributing factors, including the nature of the survey questions themselves, 4 this paper offers a possible explanation for the increased annoyance for aircraft noise as a function of level. At the heart of our explanation is the nature of engines in the legacy aircraft included in the surveys and a perceptual phenomenon known as jet "crackle."…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Do recent findings on jet noise answer aspects of the Schultz curve?

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McInerny

et al. 2013

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Recent research efforts on nonlinear propagation from high performance jet aircraft have revealed an interesting challenge to predicting community response. This challenge focuses on receiver perception of these unique acoustical signals, which contain acoustical shocks that appear to increase their relative loudness and/or noisiness. This current finding suggests a need for an improved description of a receiver perception of the loudness of these signals in order to improve the assessment of noise impacts from these aircraft. Looking backwards, an interesting question emerges: did the earlier low bypass jet engines on commercial and transport aircraft also include these acoustical shocks? If they did contain these features, then the perceptual differences observed between aircraft and other transportation noise sources may be partially explained. FIGURE 3. Nonlinearity analysis of a recording of a Boeing 757. (Upper) Histograms of the normalized time derivative of the pressure waveform, with a zoomed-in version on the right. (Lower) The Morfey-Howell / nonlinearity indicator. ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe authors gratefully acknowledge David Dubbink for allowing access to the high-quality aircraft recordings.

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Measuring subjective response to aircraft noise: The effects of survey context

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

Effects of Scale, Question Location, Order of Response Alternatives, and Season on Self-Reported Noise Annoyance Using ICBEN Scales: A Field Experiment

Effects of Scale, Question Location, Order of Response Alternatives, and Season on Self-Reported Noise Annoyance Using ICBEN Scales: A Field Experiment

Assessment Methods and Factors Determining Positive Indoor Soundscapes in Residential Buildings: A Systematic Review

Do recent findings on jet noise answer aspects of the Schultz curve?

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