Conference proceeding
Cross-country comparison of aircraft noise-induced sleep disturbance
International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise, Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, 12 (Zurich, Switzerland, 06/18/2017–06/22/2017)
2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/118460
Appears in Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT)
Abstract
To inform policy, exposure-response relationships for aircraft noise-induced sleep disturbance are needed. Due to different nighttime airport operational patterns it has been unknown whether results from individual studies can be applied to other airports. In addition, there may be inter-cultural differences that affect an individual's sensitivity to awakening. To examine whether there are crosscountry differences in aircraft noise-induced awakenings, results from 3 studies that obtained objective sleep and noise measurements were compared. Two of the studies were conducted in Germany and include the STRAIN study conducted near Cologne/Bonn airport (N=64) and data from three years of the NORAH study conducted near Frankfurt airport (year 1 N=49; year 2 N=83; year 3 N=187). The third study was conducted in the United States near Philadelphia International airport (N=37). Awakenings were identified based on ECG and actigraphy measurements using an automatic algorithm, enabling consistency in scoring across the three studies. Models relating awakenings to the indoor maximum noise level of single aircraft events were derived. Similarities and differences in the regressions of the 3 studies are discussed.
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- Title
- Cross-country comparison of aircraft noise-induced sleep disturbance
- Creators
- Sarah McGuire (Author)Uwe Müller (Author)Eva-Maria Elmenhorst (Author)Franco Mendolia (Author)Daniel Aeschbach (Author)Mathias Basner (Author)
- Conference
- International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise, Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, 12 (Zurich, Switzerland, 06/18/2017–06/22/2017)
- Academic Unit
- Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT); Noise
- Grants
- 13-C-AJFE-UPenn-001, 002, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA
- Identifiers
- 99900581962301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding