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Annoyance and sleep disturbance are the most common community responses to road traffic noise, and they account for the majority of the environmental noise burden in Europe. The findings of a cross-sectional study - a questionnaire survey of residents living in newly built apartment houses in some Slovak towns (Bratislava, Trencin, Martin, Piestany) are presented in this paper. The average age of the 543 respondents was 45 ± 4 years, 53 % were females, and 81 % had lived in their current home for more than five years. Traffic noise measurements on noisy facades <italic>LAeq,day</italic> = 51.8 dB to 72.4 dB, <italic>LAeq,night</italic> = 41.9 dB to 64 dB were supplemented by a standardized questionnaire. In comparison to respondents with bedroom windows facing quiet streets, those who face noisy streets are less satisfied with their quality of life, less sensitive to noise, and more irritable and restless during the day and night <italic>OR</italic> = 2.54; 95 % <italic>CI</italic> = 1.38-4.92. After the results have become completed, we hope to suggest temporary solutions for noisy apartment building facades, as well as intervention techniques, and to apply sound city planning principles.
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Annoyance and sleep disturbance are the most common community responses to road traffic noise, and they account for the majority of the environmental noise burden in Europe. The findings of a cross-sectional study - a questionnaire survey of residents living in newly built apartment houses in some Slovak towns (Bratislava, Trencin, Martin, Piestany) are presented in this paper. The average age of the 543 respondents was 45 ± 4 years, 53 % were females, and 81 % had lived in their current home for more than five years. Traffic noise measurements on noisy facades LAeq,day = 51.8 dB to 72.4 dB, LAeq,night = 41.9 dB to 64 dB were supplemented by a standardized questionnaire. In comparison to respondents with bedroom windows facing quiet streets, those who face noisy streets are less satisfied with their quality of life, less sensitive to noise, and more irritable and restless during the day and night OR = 2.54; 95 % CI = 1.38-4.92. After the results have become completed, we hope to suggest temporary solutions for noisy apartment building facades, as well as intervention techniques, and to apply sound city planning principles.

Noise Annoyance and Sleep Disturbance in New Buildings in Bratislava

Department of Railway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Annoyance and sleep disturbance are the most common community responses to road traffic noise, and they account for the majority of the environmental noise...

Noise Annoyance and Sleep Disturbance in New Buildings in Bratislava

Publié en ligne: 14 déc. 2022

Pages: 707 - 714

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2022-0065

Mots clés
Noise annoyance, Sleep disturbance, New apartment buildings, Questionnaire, Noisy facades

© 2022 Lubica Argalasova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Noise Annoyance and Sleep Disturbance in New Buildings in Bratislava

Publié en ligne: 14 déc. 2022

Pages: 707 - 714

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2022-0065

Mots clésNoise annoyance, Sleep disturbance, New apartment buildings, Questionnaire, Noisy facades

© 2022 Lubica Argalasova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Noise annoyance, Sleep disturbance, New apartment buildings, Questionnaire, Noisy facades