Abstract
During the years there have been several large field
investigations in different countries with the aim to find a
relationship between sound insulation between dwellings and the
subjective degree of annoyance. This paper presents an overview of
the results, and the dif-ficulties in comparing the different
findings are discussed. It is tried to establish dose-response
relationships between airborne sound insulation or impact sound
pressure level according to ISO 717 and the percentage of people
being annoyed by noise from neighbours. The slopes of the
dose-response curves vary from one investigation to another,
however, several of the results show a slope around 4 % per dB.
The results may be used to evaluate the acoustic quality level of
a certain set of sound insulation requirements, or they may be
used as a basis for specifying the desired acoustic quality of
future buildings.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Building Acoustics |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 291-301 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |