Examining nocturnal railway noise and aircraft noise in the field: Sleep, psychomotor performance, and annoyance

Measurement of ground and nearby building vibration and noise induced by trains in a metro depot

“…To attempt to address ground-borne and building vibration and noise issues, field experiments and surveys were conducted in the United Kingdom (Thompson, 2009), the United State (Sanayei et al, 2013(Sanayei et al, , 2014, Belgium (Connolly et al, 2015a;Kouroussis et al, 2013), Spain (Maffei et al, 2013;Torija et al, 2011;Galvín & Domínguez, 2009), Greece (Vogiatzis, 2012a), Germany (Degen et al, 2006;Elmenhorst et al, 2012) and China (Zhai et al, 2015;Ling et al, 2010). The different indicators like peak particle velocity (PPV), root-mean square value (a w ) (International Organization for Standardization, 1997Standardization, , 2003, vibration velocity level (v dB ) (Federal Transit Administration (US), 2006) and weighted vibration severity KB F (Deutsches Institut für Normung, 1999) were compared (Kouroussis et al, 2014c) and used to evaluate the influence of vibrations.…”

Annoyance and self-reported sleep disturbance due to night-time railway noise examined in the field

“…Further data of this study regarding sleep measured polysomnographically and performance are reported elsewhere (Elmenhorst et al 2012). The main goal was to derive exposure-response relationships between railway noise measured indoors and short-term annoyance with respect to the previous night and to examine the effects of railway noise on self-reported sleep disturbances.…”

Sleep Deprivation: Societal Impact and Long-Term Consequences

“…In addition to light, environmental noise may disturb sleep. Several recent studies have demonstrated that loud noises at night interfere with sleep [188][189][190][191][192][193][194][195]. For example, Basner and colleagues found that sound at 45 dBA increased the likelihood of sleep state change by about 50 % and EEG arousal by about 85 %, and noise at 65 dBA was associated with an approximately fourfold increase in the likelihood of a sleep state change or EEG arousal, as well as awakenings.…”