Meijer H, Knipschild P, Sallé H
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 1985;56(4):285-97. doi: 10.1007/BF00405270.
3445 persons living in Amsterdam (1507 male and 1938 female), aged 41-43 years, participated in an investigation in which the relationship was studied between the (measured) road traffic noise in front of the houses in which the participants lived, and the (reported) resulting annoyance and sleep disturbance. We found a smaller number of persons with annoyance and sleep disturbance than we had expected as a result of other investigations. Considerable differences in the annoyance experience were found for different categories of noise-sensitivity. Furthermore, a negative appreciation of other environmental noises and of the living environment increased the prevalence of traffic noise annoyance. Noise sensitivity and this appreciation are mutually dependent: noise-sensitive people have a greater risk of being annoyed by other sounds (aeroplanes, neighbours, work) as well, and they have less appreciation of their living environment. Noise-sensitivity appears to be more strongly represented amongst persons with a higher socio-economic status. In favour of the point of view that an important contribution to annoyance is of nonacoustic character, is the finding that both annoyance and sleep disturbance are greater amongst people who keep their windows closed at the exposed side of their home.
3445名居住在阿姆斯特丹的人（1507名男性和1938名女性），年龄在41至43岁之间，参与了一项调查，该调查研究了参与者居住房屋前（测量得到的）道路交通噪音与（报告的）由此产生的烦恼和睡眠干扰之间的关系。我们发现，因烦恼和睡眠干扰而受影响的人数比我们根据其他调查预期的要少。对于不同类别的噪音敏感性，人们在烦恼体验上存在相当大的差异。此外，对其他环境噪音和居住环境的负面评价增加了交通噪音烦恼的发生率。噪音敏感性和这种评价是相互依存的：对噪音敏感的人也更有可能被其他声音（飞机、邻居、工作噪音）烦扰，并且他们对居住环境的评价较低。在社会经济地位较高的人群中，噪音敏感性似乎表现得更为明显。支持烦恼的一个重要因素具有非声学性质这一观点的是，发现在房屋暴露一侧关闭窗户的人群中，烦恼和睡眠干扰都更为严重。
