Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise
While most of the countries over the world rely on sound-pressure-level-based limit values to regulate wind energy development, sound emergence as defined in ISO 1996-1 is used in a few national legislations but also in international guidelines. There is however no published evidence that sound emer...
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| description | While most of the countries over the world rely on sound-pressure-level-based limit values to regulate wind energy development, sound emergence as defined in ISO 1996-1 is used in a few national legislations but also in international guidelines. There is however no published evidence that sound emergence is a relevant noise descriptor for that kind of source, namely that there is a correlation between this metric and perception or annoyance. A listening test was carried out to evaluate the relative merits of sound pressure level and sound emergence as predictors of annoyance from wind turbine noise. The test samples consisted of 45 30-s wind turbine sounds at three different A-weighted sound pressure levels and five different signal-to-noise ratios. Thirty two persons rated the test samples according to the ISO 15666 standard scale in a dry room equipped with loudspeakers. The results indicate that short term annoyance is better predicted by A-weighted sound pressure levels than by sound emergence. It is also observed that sound emergence is a poor predictor of the audibility of wind turbine sounds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81b3343075594db6b8505aba52a47f672023-08-02T00:37:00ZengEDP SciencesActa Acustica2681-46172020-01-01431010.1051/aacus/2020009aacus200025Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noiseDutilleux Guillaume0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-0589Fosset Jean1Acoustics Research Center, Department of Electronic Systems, NTNUAcoustics Research Center, Department of Electronic Systems, NTNUWhile most of the countries over the world rely on sound-pressure-level-based limit values to regulate wind energy development, sound emergence as defined in ISO 1996-1 is used in a few national legislations but also in international guidelines. There is however no published evidence that sound emergence is a relevant noise descriptor for that kind of source, namely that there is a correlation between this metric and perception or annoyance. A listening test was carried out to evaluate the relative merits of sound pressure level and sound emergence as predictors of annoyance from wind turbine noise. The test samples consisted of 45 30-s wind turbine sounds at three different A-weighted sound pressure levels and five different signal-to-noise ratios. Thirty two persons rated the test samples according to the ISO 15666 standard scale in a dry room equipped with loudspeakers. The results indicate that short term annoyance is better predicted by A-weighted sound pressure levels than by sound emergence. It is also observed that sound emergence is a poor predictor of the audibility of wind turbine sounds.https://acta-acustica.edpsciences.org/articles/aacus/full_html/2020/03/aacus200025/aacus200025.htmlwind turbine noiseannoyanceaudibilitysound emergencelistening test |
| spellingShingle | Dutilleux Guillaume Fosset Jean Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise Acta Acustica wind turbine noise annoyance audibility sound emergence listening test |
| title | Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise |
| title_full | Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise |
| title_fullStr | Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise |
| title_short | Comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short-term annoyance from wind turbine noise |
| title_sort | comparing sound emergence and sound pressure level as predictors of short term annoyance from wind turbine noise |
| topic | wind turbine noise annoyance audibility sound emergence listening test |
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