Intermittency ratio: A metric reflecting short-term temporal variations of transportation noise exposure

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
Jean Marc WunderliM Brink

Abstract

Most environmental epidemiology studies model health effects of noise by regressing on acoustic exposure metrics that are based on the concept of average energetic dose over longer time periods (i.e. the Leq and related measures). Regarding noise effects on health and wellbeing, average measures often cannot satisfactorily predict annoyance and somatic health effects of noise, particularly sleep disturbances. It has been hypothesized that effects of noise can be better explained when also considering the variation of the level over time and the frequency distribution of event-related acoustic measures, such as for example, the maximum sound pressure level. However, it is unclear how this is best parametrized in a metric that is not correlated with the Leq, but takes into account the frequency distribution of events and their emergence from background. In this paper, a calculation method is presented that produces a metric which reflects the intermittency of road, rail and aircraft noise exposure situations. The metric termed intermittency ratio (IR) expresses the proportion of the acoustical energy contribution in the total energetic dose that is created by individual noise events above a certain threshold. To calculate the met...Continue Reading

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Aug 17, 2016·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Stéphane PerronAudrey Smargiassi
Mar 25, 2017·International Journal of Epidemiology·Ikenna C EzeNicole Probst-Hensch
May 30, 2019·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Guoqing DiHakbong Kim
Nov 2, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Mark BrinkJean Marc Wunderli
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Oct 12, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Martin RöösliJean-Marc Wunderli
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