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ANNOYANCE THRESHOLD [1 record]

Record 1 1996-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noise Pollution
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
OBS

Personality differences (...) cause noise to produce different degrees of annoyance and irritability (...)

OBS

At a level of 80 decibels, sound is annoying (...)

OBS

The difference between the normal threshold of hearing for a particular age group and the threshold of hearing for a given individual of a comparable age is the measure of the amount of hearing loss suffered by that individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution par le bruit
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
CONT

Cherchant à déterminer l'indice de gêne, la Commission de lutte contre le bruit du ministère de la Santé a abouti à cette conclusion: un bruit doit être retenu comme une gêne lorsqu'il dépasse localement de plus de trois décibels, la nuit, et de cinq décibels, le jour, le niveau sonore moyen, c'est-à-dire l'ambiance sonore moyenne dans laquelle le sujet est habitué à vivre ou à travailler.

Spanish

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