Aircraft noise: Effects on macro- and microstructure of sleep

Basner, Mathias; Glatz, Christian; Griefahn, Barbara; Penzel, Thomas; Samel, A.

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2007.07.002

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“…Meanwhile, the HRL decreased in a dose-dependent manner. Such a result has been reported many times even in sleeping subjects (Keefe et al 1971;Berg et al 1975;Muzet 1980;Muzet et al 1981Muzet et al , 1997Di Nisi et al 1990;Hofman et al 1995;Carter et al 2002;Basner et al 2008) suggesting a protective mechanism even during sleep which warns the sleeper against a potential danger. This is also reflected by the fact that arousal responsiveness increased with sound level (Saremi et al 2008).…”

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Cardiovascular responses to railway noise during sleep in young and middle-aged adults

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of nocturnal railway noise on cardiovascular reactivity in young (25.8 +/- 2.6 years) and middle-aged (52.2 +/- 2.5 years) adults during sleep. Thirty-eight subjects slept three nights in the laboratory at 1-week interval. They were exposed to 48 randomized pass-bys of Freight, Passenger and Automotive trains either at an 8-h equivalent sound level of 40 dBA (Moderate) and 50 dBA (High) or at a silent Control night. Heart rate response (HRR), heart response amplitude (HRA), heart response latency (HRL) and finger pulse response (FPR), finger pulse amplitude (FPA) and finger pulse latency (FPL) were recorded to measure cardiovascular reactivity after each noise onset and for time-matched pseudo-noises in the control condition. Results show that Freight trains produced the highest cardiac response (increased HRR, HRA and HRL) compared to Passenger and Automotive. But the vascular response was similar whatever the type of train. Juniors exhibited an increased HRR and HRA as compared to seniors, but there was no age difference on vasoconstriction, except a shorter FPL in seniors. Noise level produced dose-dependent effects on all the cardiovascular indices. Sleep stage at noise occurrence was ineffective for cardiac response, but FPA was reduced when noise occurred during REM sleep. In conclusion, our study is in favor of an important impact of nocturnal railway noise on the cardiovascular system of sleeping subjects. In the limit of the samples studied, Freight trains are the most harmful, probably more because of their special length (duration) than because of their speed (rise time).

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Cardiovascular responses to railway noise during sleep in young and middle-aged adults

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“…Additionally, the mean total sleep times were shorter in the groups exposed to the higher L p,A,Fmax,night of both road traffic and railway noise compared to when L p,A,Fmax,-night was below 45 and 50 dB, respectively, which may also contribute to the lower number of spontaneous arousals per TST. In a recent laboratory study Basner et al (2008) found that for lower maximum sound pressure levels (45 dB) of aircraft noise events the strongest association between noise and effects on sleep was observed for EEG arousals. They suggested that effects of noise on EEG arousals might be of special relevance in conditions with low maximum noise levels, chronic sleep deprivation with high sleep pressure and in chronic exposure situations where partial habituation occurred.…”

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A field study of effects of road traffic and railway noise on polysomnographic sleep parameters

Aasvang

Øverland

Ursin

et al. 2011

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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The aim of this study was to explore and compare the effect of noise from railway and road traffic on sleep in subjects habitually exposed to nocturnal noise. Forty young and middle aged healthy subjects were studied with polysomnography (PSG) during two consecutive nights in their own bedroom. Noise measurements and recordings were conducted concurrently outside of the bedroom façade as well as inside the bedroom of each participant. Different noise exposure parameters were calculated (L(p,A,eq,night), L(p,A,Fmax,night), and L(AF5,night)) and analyzed in relation to whole-night sleep parameters. The group exposed to railway noise had significantly less Rapid eye movement, (REM) sleep than the group exposed to road traffic noise. A significant association was found between the maximum level (L(p,A,Fmax,night)) of railway noise and time spent in REM sleep. REM sleep was significantly shorter in the group exposed to at least a single railway noise event above 50 dB inside the bedroom. These results, obtained in an ecological valid setting, support previous laboratory findings that railway noise has a stronger impact than road traffic noise on physiological parameters during sleep, and that the maximum noise level is an important predictor of noise effects on sleep assessed by PSG, at least for railway noise.

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“…A few studies have evaluated the 13 relationship between aircraft noise and sleep duration, and most of them have been performed in a laboratory. Some of these studies showed a significantly decreased sleep duration (Kim et al, 2014) or not (Basner, Buess, Mueller, Plath, & Samel, 2004;) when aircraft noise exposure increased, whereas others did not show any association (Basner, Glatz, Griefahn, Penzel, & Samel, 2008;Griefahn, Marks, & Robens, 2006). …”

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Aircraft Noise Exposure and Subjective Sleep Quality: The Results of the DEBATS Study in France

Nassur

Lefèvre

Laumon³

et al. 2017

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

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Aircraft noise: Effects on macro- and microstructure of sleep

Cited by 55 publications

References 15 publications

Cardiovascular responses to railway noise during sleep in young and middle-aged adults

Cardiovascular responses to railway noise during sleep in young and middle-aged adults

A field study of effects of road traffic and railway noise on polysomnographic sleep parameters

Aircraft Noise Exposure and Subjective Sleep Quality: The Results of the DEBATS Study in France

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