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Table 2
Factors That Affect Individual Annoyance To Noise
| Primary acoustic factors ...
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- Sound level
- Frequency
- Duration
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| Secondary acoustic factors ...
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- Spectral complexity
- Fluctuations in sound level
- Fluctuations in frequency
- Rise-time of the noise
- Localization of the noise source
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Nonacoustic factors ...
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- Physiology
- Adaptation and past experience
- How the listener's activity affects annoyance
- Predictability of when a noise will occur
- Is the noise necessary?
- Individual differences and personality
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Excerpted from "Environmental Systems Technology" by W. David Bevirt, P.E., where it appears as Table 5-7 on page 5.26. Published by the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), 8224 Old Courthouse Road, Vienna, VA 22810.
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