Airport Noise Perception Studies

Although this bibliography includes some general discussions of noise perception, it is concerned primarily with the literature on the subjective experience of aircraft noise.

• American National Standards Institute. Rating Noise with Respect to Speech Interference. ANSI S3.14-1977.

• Borsky, Paul N. A Comparison of a Laboratory and Field Study of Annoyance and Acceptability of Aircraft Noise Exposures. NASA CR-2772 (Feb. 1977).

• Borsky, Paul N. Research Plan for Establishing the Effects of Time-Varying Noise Exposures on Community Annoyance and Acceptability. Columbia University, New York, NASA CR 159197, NASA Grant NSG-1616 (Jan. 1980)

• Borsky, P.; and Leonard, S. Annoyance Judgments of Aircraft with and without Acoustically Treated Nacelles. NASA CR-2261 (Aug. 1973).

• Bradley, J.S. On dose response curves of annoyance to aircraft noise. In Inter Noise 94, Noise Quantity and Quality, S. Kuwano, ed., vol. 1, pp. 235-238, Poughkeepsie, NY: Noise Control Foundation (1994).

• Bradley, J.S. Annoyance caused by constant-amplitude and amplitude-modulated sounds containing rumble. Noise Control Eng. J. 42:203-208 (1994).

• Broner, N. Low frequency noise: loudness versus annoyance. 1998 Int. Congress on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-noise 98), Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Cawthorn, Jimmy M.; Dempsey, Thomas K.; and DeLoach, Richard. Human response to aircraft noise-induced building vibration. Proceedings of the AHS/NASA/Army Specialists Meeting on Helicopter Acoustics, Hampton, VA, Parts I and II (NASA CP-2052) (May 22-24, 1978).

• Cawthorn, Jimmy M.; and Mayes, William H. Human response to aircraft noise. 3rd Interagency Symposium on University Research in Transportation Noise, Salt Lake City, UT (Nov. 12-14, 1975).

• DeLoach, Richard. Quantification of airport community noise impact in terms of noise levels, population density, and human subjective response. 1981 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (NOISE-CON 81), Raleigh, NC (June 8-10, 1981).

• DeLoach, Richard. Model for assessing airport community noise impact. 62nd Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, DC (Jan. 17-21, 1983).

• Dempsey, Thomas K.; and Cawthorn, Jimmy M. Aircraft noise adaptation. 96th Meeting Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan Joint Meeting, Honolulu, HI (Nov. 26 - Dec. 1, 1978).

• Dempsey, Thomas K.; Coates, Glynn D.; and Cawthorn, Jimmy M. Model of aircraft noise adaptation. 85th Annual Convention American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA (August 26-30, 1977).

• Fidell, Sanford; Horonjeff, R.; Teffeteller, S.; and Pearsons, K. Community Sensitivity to Changes in Aircraft Noise Exposure. BBN, NASA/CR-81-3490, contract NAS1-14611 (Dec. 1981).

• Fidell, Sanford; and Laura Silvati. Relating the annoyance of aircraft overflights to their audibility by outdoor recreationists. Proceedings: Noise-Con 90, University of Texas (1990).

• Fields, James M. Effect on Personal and Situational Variables on Noise Annoyance: With Special Reference to Implications for En Route Noise. Georgia Technology Research Institute, NASA/CR-92-189676, contract NAS 1-19060 (Aug. 1992).

• Fields, James M. Effect of numbers of noise events on people's reactions to noise: an analysis of existing survey data.

• Fields, James M. Effects of number of noise events on community response: results of a reanalysis. 102nd Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Miami, FL (Dec. 1-4, 1981).

• Fields, James M. Reactions of Residents to Long-Term Sonic Boom Noise Environments. Wyle Laboratories, subcontractor to McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, for National Aeronautics & Research Administration, NASA/CR-97-201704 (June 1997).

• Fields, James M. Reactions to environmental noise in an ambient noise context in residential areas. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 104:2245-2260 (1998).

• Fields, James M. Relative Effect of Noise at Different Times of Day: An Analysis of Existing Survey Data. National Aeronautics & Research Administration, NASA/CR-86-3965 (April 1986).

• Fields, James M. Review of an Updated Synthesis of Noise/Annoyance Relationships. National Aeronautics & Research Administration, Report 194950, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (1994).

• Fields, James M. Timing of Noise-Sensitive Activities in Residential Areas.National Aeronautics & Research Administration, NASA/CR-85-177937 (July 1985).

• Fields, James M. Variability in individuals responses to noise: community differences. 1983 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE 83), pp. 965-968.

• Fields, James M.; and C.A. Powell. Community Survey of Helicopter Noise Annoyance Conducted under Controlled Helicopter Noise Exposure Conditions. National Aeronautics & Research Administration, NASA TM-86400 (1985).

• Fletcher, J. L.; and W.J. Gunn. Annoyance of aircraft flyover noise as a function of the presence of strangers. Second Interagency Symposium on University Research in Transportation Noise, Raleigh, NC (June 5-7, 1974).

• Goldstein, M. Low-frequency components in complex noise and their perceived loudness and annoyance. Arbete & Haelsa 1994:2 (Work and Health, Scientific J. of the Nat. Inst. of Occupational Health, Solna, Sweden) (1994).

• Goodman, M. J.; and Pearson, R. G. Human annoyance within noise and vibration environments. Second Interagency Symposium on University Research in Transportation Noise, Raleigh, NC (June 5-7, 1974).

• Gunn, W. J. What NASA Is Doing About Aircraft Noise and How Psychologists Contribute to the Solution of This Problem. Faculty and Students of Psychology Department of Memphis State University, Colloquium (December 1974).

• Gunn, W.J. Effects of three activities on annoyance responses to recorded aircraft flyovers. Noise and Speech Interference Minisymposium, Hampton, VA (Jan. 21-22, 1975).

• Gunn, W.J. A program for the study of human response to aircraft noise. National Noise and Vibration Control Conference and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA (April 30 - May 2, 1975).

• Gunn, W.J.; and J.L. Fletcher. Effect of the number of flights prior to judgment on annoyance to aircraft flyover noise. Second Interagency Symposium on University Research in Transportation Noise, Raleigh, NC (June 5-7, 1974).

• Gunn, W.J.; W.T. Shepherd; and J.L. Fletcher. Effects of three activities on annoyance responses to recorded aircraft flyovers. 89th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Austin, TX (April 8-11, 1975).

• Gunn, W.J.; T. Shigehisa; J.L. Fletcher; and W.T. Shepherd. Annoyance response to aircraft noise as a function of contextual effects and personality characteristics. J. Aud. Res. 21:51-83 (1981).

• Gunn, W.J., et al. Human perception of apparent direction and movement of aircraft noise. 87th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, New York, NY (April 23-26, 1974).

• Guski, R.; V. Felscher-Suhr, and R. Schuemer. The concept of noise annoyance: what international experts tell. 1998 Int. Congress on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-noise 98), Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Hall, Fred L. Community response to noise: is all noise the same? J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 76:1161-1168 (1984).

• Hall, Fred L.; S.E. Birnie; S.M. Taylor; and J.E. Palmer. Direct comparison of community response to road traffic noise and to aircraft noise. J. Acoust. Soc. Am.

• Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. Attitudinal Responses to Changes in Noise Exposure in Residential Communities. (Subcontractor to Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.) NASA/CR-95-198201, contract NAS1-20102 (Sept. 1995).

• Horonjeff, Richard D.; and Robert, William E. Attitudinal Responses to Changes in Noise Exposure in Residential Communities. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, NASA/CR-97-205813 (Dec. 1997).

• Horonjeff, Richard D.; and Teffeteller, Sherri R. Initial Study of the Immediate Annoyance of Aircraft Noise as a Function of Time of Day. Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., NASA/CR-80-159167, contract NAS1-15467 (April 1980).

• Hubbard, H. H.; and Shepherd, K. P. A method for predicting community annoyance due to exposure to sonic booms. 124th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 1992).

• Job, R.F.S. Community response to noise: A review of factors influencing the relationship between noise exposure and reaction. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 83:991-1001 (1988).

• Job, R.F.S. Psychological factors of community reaction to noise. In Noise as a Public Health Problem, M. Vallet, ed., vol. 3, pp. 48-59, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite (INRETS), Arcueil, France (1993).

• Karamcheti, K. The Annoyance of Impulsive Helicopter Noise. Stanford University, NASA CR 169123, NASA Grant NAG1-17 (Dec. 1981).

• Key, K. F.; and Powell, C. A. Effects of conversation interference on annoyance due to aircraft noise. 100th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Los Angeles, CA (Nov. 17-21, 1980).

• Klaus, Patsy A. Emotionality in Response to Aircraft Noise: A Report of Developmental Work. National Bureau of Standards, NASA CR-2600, L-88,318 (Oct. 1975).

• Leatherwood, J. D.; and Sullivan, B. M. Subjective loudness response to simulated sonic booms. Proceedings Sonic Boom Workshop, Hampton, VA, (NASA CP 3172, Vol. 1, pp. 151-170) (Feb. 25-27, 1992).

• Leatherwood, J. D.; and Sullivan, B. M. Recent laboratory studies of loudness and annoyance response to sonic booms. Proceedings 1993 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (NOISE-CON 93), Williamsburg, VA, pp. 367-372 (May 2-5, 1993).

• Leventhal, H.G. Low-frequency noise and annoyance. Noise and Health 6:59-72 (2004).

• Leverton, John W. Helicopter public acceptance: How important is virtual noise? Proc. Tech. Specialists Meeting for Rotorcraft Acoustics and Aerodynamics, Williamsburg, VA (1997). ["Virtual noise" accounts for non-noise factors.]

• Lindvall, T.; and E.P. Radford. Measurement of annoyance due to exposure to environmental factors. Environ. Res. 6:1-36 (1973).

• Loeb, Michel; and Moran, Sharon L. Vanderhei. Effects of Overt Emotionality on Reactions to Aircraft Noise. University of Louisville, NASA Grant NSG-1220 (May 1978).

• Mabry, J. E.; and Sullivan, B. M. Response to Actual and Simulated Recordings of Conventional Takeoff and Landing Jet Aircraft. MAN-Acoustics and Noise, Inc., NASA CR 145318, contract NAS 1- 14404 (Jan. 1978).

• Mabry, J. E. Study of General Aviation Community Noise Impact and Annoyance. MAN-Acoustics and Noise, Inc., NASA CR 165945, contract NAS1-15896 (April 1982).

• McCurdy, D. A. Annoyance to advanced turboprop aircraft flyover noise. 106th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA (Nov. 7-11, 1983).

• McCurdy, D. A. Quantification of advanced turboprop aircraft flyover noise annoyance. 9th AIAA Aeroacoustics Meeting, Williamsburg, VA (Oct. 15-17, 1984).

• McCurdy, D. A. Advanced turboprop aircraft flyover noise: annoyance to counter-rotating-propeller configurations. 115th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA (May 16-20, 1988).

• McCurdy, D. A. Advanced turboprop aircraft flyover noise annoyance: comparisons of different propeller configurations. AIAA 12th Aeroacoustics Conference, San Antonio, TX (April 10-12, 1989).

• McCurdy, D. A. Advanced turboprop aircraft flyover noise annoyance. Proceedings 1989 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE 89), Newport Beach, CA, pp. 221-226 (Dec. 4-6, 1989).

• McCurdy, D. A. Aircraft en route noise annoyance. AIAA 13th Aeroacoustics Conference, Tallahassee, FL, AIAA-90-4028 (Oct, 22-24, 1990).

• McCurdy, D. A.; Brown, S. A.; and Hilliard, R. D. An in-home study of subjective response to simulated sonic booms. Proceedings NASA High Speed Research Program Sonic Boom Workshop, Hampton, VA, NASA CP 3279, pp. 193-208 (June 1-3, 1994).

• McCurdy, D. A.; Brown, S. A.; and Hilliard, R. D. Effects of simulated sonic booms on people in their homes. 33rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA-95-0834 (Jan. 9-12, 1995).

• McCurdy, D. A.; Hilliard, R. D.; and Brown, S. A. Studying the effects of simulated sonic booms on people in their homes. 1994 Symposium on Aircraft Noise Receiver Technology, Baltimore, MD (May 16-20, 1994).

• McCurdy, D. A.; and Leatherwood, J. D. Advanced turboprop aircraft noise annoyance: a review of recent NASA research. AIAA 10th Aeroacoustics Conference, Seattle, WA, AIAA-86- 1959 (July 9- 11, 1986).

• McCurdy, David A.; and Powell, Clemans A. Effects of duration on annoyance due to aircraft flyover noise. 95th Meeting Acoustical Society America, Providence, Rl (May 16-19. 1978).

• McCurdy, David A.; and Powell, Clemans A. Annoyance caused by propeller airplane flyover noise. 103rd Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL (April 26-30, 1982).

• Miedema, H.M.E. Quantification of Annoyance Caused by Environmental Noise and Odor. TNO, Leiden, Netherlands (1996).

• Miedema, H.M.E. Response functions for environmental noise. In Noise as a Public Health Problem, M. Vallet, ed., vol. 3, pp. 428-433, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite (INRETS), Arcueil, France (1993).

• Miedema, H.M.E.; and H. Vos. Exposure response functions for transportation noise. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 104:3432-3445 (1998).

• Nakamura, N.; and Y. Inukai. Proposal of model which indicates unpleasantness of low-frequency noise using each of qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis. 1998 Int. Congress on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-noise 98), Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Niedzielski, Rebecca A. Environmental Impulse Noise Study. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (May 1991).

• Ohrstrom, E.; and M. Bjorkman. Effects of noise-disturbed sleep: A laboratory study on habituation and subjective noise sensitivity. J. Sound Vibration 122:277-290 (1998).

• Ozimek, E., ed. Subjective and Objective Evaluation of Sound. Singapore: World Scientific (1990).

• Passchier-Vermeer, W.; and K. Zeichart. Vibrations in the Living Environment. TNO Institute of Preventive Health Care, Report 98.030, Leiden, Netherlands (1998).

• Paulsen, R.; and J. Kastka. Effects of combined noise and vibration on annoyance. J. Sound Vib. 181:295-314 (1995).

• Pearson, Richard G.; Hart, Franklin D.; and O'Brien, John F. Individual Differences in Human Annoyance Response to Noise. North Carolina State Univ., NASA CR-144921, NGR 34-002-055 (1975).

• Perrson, K.; and M. Bjorkman. Annoyance due to low-frequency noise and the use of the dBA scale. J. Sound Vib. 127:491-497 (1988).

• Perrson, K.; M. Bjorkman; and R. Rylander. Loudness, annoyance, and dBA in evaluation low-frequency sounds. J. Low Freq. Noise Vib. 9:32-45 (1990)

• Powell, Clemans A. Aircraft noise annoyance: a NASA prospective. NATO/CCMS-Pilot Study on Aircraft Noise, Williamsburg, VA (April 25-29, 1988).

• Powell, Clemans A. Annoyance due to simulated blade-slap noise. Proceedings of the AHS/NASA/Army Specialists Meeting on Helicopter Acoustics, Hampton, VA, Part I and II (NASA CP-2052) (May 22-24, 1978).

• Powell, Clemans A. Psychoacoustic considerations for helicopter noise quantification: metrics, human response, and criteria. Proceedings of the NASA/U.S. Helicopter Industry Workshop on Aerodynamic Noise Prediction/Noise Reduction, NASA CP 2234 (March 1982).

• Powell, Clemans A. Multiple-event airplane noise annoyance. 104th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Orlando, FL (Nov. 9-12, 1982).

• Powell, Clemans A.; and Fields, J. M. Community annoyance due to controlled helicopter noise exposure. 4th Congress of FASE, Norway (August 21-24, 1984).

• Powell, Clemans A.; and Rice, C. G. Effects of a traffic noise background on judgments of aircraft noise. 87th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, April 23-26, 1974, New York, NY.

• Powell, C. A.; and Shepherd, K. P. Aircraft noise-induced building vibration and effects on human response. 1989 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE), Newport Beach, CA (Dec. 4-6, 1989).

• Preisser, J. S.; Seiner, J. M.; Golub, R. A.; and Powell, C. A. Supersonic jet noise: its generation, prediction and effects on people and structures. 1990 Aerospace Technology Conference and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, Paper No. 90- 1927 (Oct. 1 -4, 1990).

• Rickley, E. J., et al. Effect of Personal and Situational Variables on Noise Annoyance: With Special Reference to Implications for En Route Noise. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA (1992), 243 pages. (Report prepared for Federal Aviation Administration; NTIS AD-A260 041/9/XAB).

• Schomer, Paul D.; and Robert D. Neathammer. Role of Vibration and Rattle in Human Response to Helicopter Noise. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Research Lab (Tech. Report N-85/14) (1995).

• Schomer, Paul D.; and L. Ray Wagner. On the contribution of noticeability of environmental sounds to noise annoyance. Noise Control Engr. J. 44:294-305 (1996).

• Schulte-Fortkamp, B. Context effect of assessments of noise annoyance. 1998 Int. Congress on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-noise 98), Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Schultz, T.J. Synthesis of social surveys on noise annoyance. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 64(2):377-405 (August 1978)

• Schori, T. R. A Real World Assessment of Noise Exposure. EPA-AMRL Report TR-77-96 (August 1978).

• Shepherd, Kevin P. Subjective Evaluation of Noise from Light Aircraft. University of Utah, NASA CR-2773 (Dec. 1976).

• Shepherd, Kevin P. Laboratory Study of the Subjective Response to Helicopter Blade-Slap Noise. The Bionetics Corp., NASA CR 158973, Contract NAS1-14970 (Dec. 1978).

• Shepherd, Kevin P. Effect of the Duration of Jet Aircraft Flyover Sounds on Judged Annoyance. University of Utah, NASA CR 159132, NASA Grant NSG-1272 (Sept. 1979).

• Shepherd, Kevin P. Cumulative Annoyance Due to Multiple Aircraft Flyovers with Differing Peak Noise Levels. Bionetics Corporation, NASA CR 3417, Contract 14970 (May 1981).

• Shepherd, Kevin P.; Brown, Sherilyn A.; Leatherwood, Jack P.; McCurdy David A.; and Sullivan, Brenda M. Human response to sonic booms -- recent NASA research. Proceedings 1995 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE 95), Vol. 2, pp. 871-874, Paper No. 95-198 (Newport Beach, CA, July 10-12, 1995).

• Shepherd, Kevin P.; and Sutherland, L. C. Recent studies of human response to sonic booms. 124th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 1992).

• Shepherd, W. T. Speech interference assessment -- an overview and some suggestions for the future. Noise and Speech Interference Minisymposium, Hampton, VA (Jan. 21-22, 1975).

• Shepherd, William T. Effects of noise on speech production and reception. Univ. of Virginia Graduate Level Course on "Noise Exposure" (May 1975).

• Shigehisa, T.; and Gunn, Walter J. Annoyance response to noise in relation to personality. 93rd Meeting Acoustical Society of America, State College, PA (June 7-10, 1977).

• Stearns, J.; Brown, R.; and Neiswander, P. Pilot Study of Human Response to General Aviation Aircraft Noise. Wyle Laboratories, NASA CR 166053, Contract NAS1-15388 (Jan. 1983).

• Stephens, D. G.; and Dempsey, T. K. Resident annoyance response to aircraft noise events. 102nd Meeting Acoustical Society of America, Miami, FL (Dec. 1-4, 1981).

• Stephens, D. G.; Leatherwood, J. D.; and Clevenson, S. A. Development of interior noise and vibration criteria. International Symposium on Subjective Response Under Simultaneous Exposures to Noise and Vibration, June 7-8, 1990, Tampere, Finland. Archives of Complex Environmental Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, Dec. 1990, pp. 9- 16.

• Stephens, D. G.; and Powell, C. A. Human response to aircraft and other noise events. Proceedings 4th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Turin, Italy (June 21-25, 1983).

• Stephens, D. G.; and Powell, C. A. Aircraft noise and sonic boom prediction, reduction and subjective assessment. DGLR/AIAA 14th Aeroacoustics Conference, Aachen, Germany (May 11-14, 1992).

• Sternfeld, Harry, Jr.; and Doyle, Linda Bukowski. Evaluation of the Annoyance Due to Helicopter Rotor Noise. Boeing Co., NASA CR 3001, Contract NAS1-14192 (June 1978).

• Sullivan, B. M.; Leatherwood, J. D. Experimental studies of loudness and annoyance response to sonic booms. Proceedings NASA High Speed Research Program (HSRP) Sonic Boom Workshop, NASA CP 10132, Vol 1, pp. 153-175 (Moffett Field, CA, May 12-14, 1993).

• Vasuvedan, R. N.; and Leventhall, H. G. Annoyance due to environmental low-frequency noise and source location: a case study. J. Low Freq. Noise Vib. 8:30-39 (1989).

• Vasuvedan, R. N.; and Leventhall, H. G. Study of annoyance due to low-frequency noise in the home. J. Low Freq. Noise Vib. 1:157-164 (1982)

• Von Gierke, H.E.; and C.S. Harris. Annoyance response to military flight operations and the development of standard criteria for community annoyance. In Environmental Annoyance: Characterization, Measurement, and Control, H.S. Koelega, ed., Amsterdam: Elsevier (1987).

• Willshire, K. F. Aircraft and background noise annoyance effects. The Human Factors Society of America Meeting, Norfolk, VA (Oct. 10-14, 1983).

• Zwicker, E. On the dependence of unbiased annoyance on loudness. In Inter Noise 89, G. Maling, Jr., ed., vol. 2, pp. 809-814, Poughkeepsie, NY: Noise Control Foundation (1989).

• Zwicker, E.; and Fastl, H. Psychoacoustics: Facts and Models. Berlin: Springer Verlag (1990).