A common indicator of effectiveness for roadside noise barriers is the reduction in A-weighted sound pressure level (LA). The present experimental study considered alternative indicators using an annoyance-reduction criterion. A large number of 8 s experimental sounds were created from binaural recordings conducted at various distances from a highway at a location with a 4.6 m high roadside barrier (barrier sounds) and at a location along the same road with no barrier (nonbarrier sounds). Eighteen listeners scaled the annoyance of the experimental sounds with the method of magnitude estimation. The barrier sounds recorded 10-45 m from the road and nonbarrier sounds recorded 50-200 m from the road were of similar LA. Despite this, the barrier sounds were found to be more annoying than the nonbarrier sounds. The annoyance difference corresponded to approximately a 3 dB increase in LA and was mainly related to the barrier sounds' higher relative level of low-frequency sound. This suggests that LA reduction may not be a valid indicator of the annoyance reduction caused by a noise barrier. The loudness level (ISO 532B) and a low-frequency corrected sound pressure level (LasteriskA) were found to be better than LA as indicators of the barrier's annoyance-reduction efficiency.


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    Titel :

    Evaluating roadside noise barriers using an annoyance-reduction criterion


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Bewertung von Straßenlärmschutzwänden mit Hilfe eines Belästigungsminderungskriteriums


    Beteiligte:
    Nilsson, Mats E. (Autor:in) / Andehn, Mikael (Autor:in) / Lesna, Paulina (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008


    Format / Umfang :

    7 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 31 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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