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A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints

Moorhouse, AT; Waddington, DC; Adams, MD

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AT Moorhouse

MD Adams



Abstract

The development and application of a procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise (LFN) complaints are described. The development of the assessment method included laboratory tests addressing low frequency hearing threshold and the effect on acceptability of fluctuation, and field measurements complemented with interview-based questionnaires. Environmental health departments then conducted a series of six trials with genuine "live" LFN complaints to test the workability and usefulness of the procedure. The procedure includes guidance notes and a pro-forma report with step-by-step instructions. It does not provide a prescriptive indicator of nuisance but rather gives a systematic procedure to help environmental health practitioners to form their own opinion. Examples of field measurements and application of the procedure are presented. The procedure and examples are likely to be of particular interest to environmental health practitioners involved in the assessment of LFN complaints.

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2009
Deposit Date Oct 18, 2011
Publicly Available Date Apr 5, 2016
Journal The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
Print ISSN 0001-4966
Electronic ISSN 1520-8524
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 126
Issue 3
Pages 1131-1141
DOI https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3180695
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3180695

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