scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Basis for WHO's New Recommendation for Limiting Aircraft Noise Annoyance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Truls Gjestland
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
Arbitrary Selection ◽  
Selection Of

The new WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region have recommendations for limiting noise exposure associated with adverse health effects. The limits are said to be based on a systematic review of existing evidence. This paper gives a systematic assessment of the presented evidence with respect to aircraft noise annoyance and demonstrates that the new guidelines are based on an arbitrary selection of existing studies comprising an imperfect and faulty set of data not representative for the general airport population.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Basis for WHO’s New Recommendation for Limiting Aircraft Noise Annoyance

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Truls Gjestland
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
European Region ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
Selection Of

The new WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region have recommendations for limiting noise exposure associated with adverse health effects. The limits are said to be based on a systematic review of existing evidence. This paper gives a systematic assessment of the presented evidence with respect to annoyance from aircraft noise. The new guidelines have been based on the results from a selection of existing aircraft noise studies. This paper demonstrates that a similar selection of other existing post-2000 studies will yield very different results. In addition, the validity of the presented evidence has been questioned as some of the referenced studies have not been conducted according to standardized methods, and the selection of respondents is not representative of the general airport population.

scholarly journals Comment on Gjestland, T. A Systematic Review of the Basis for WHO’s New Recommendation for Limiting Aircraft Noise Annoyance. Int. J. Env. Res. Pub. Health 2018, 15, 2717

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Guski ◽  
Dirk Schreckenberg ◽  
Rudolf Schuemer ◽  
Mark Brink ◽  
Stephen Stansfeld
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
World Health ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Guideline Value ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Selection Of

In his recent discussion paper in this journal, Truls Gjestland attempts a “systematic review”, as he calls it, of the evidence base for aircraft noise annoyance, consolidated in a meta-analysis by Guski et al. that informed the recommended guideline value of 45 dB Lden in the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) Environmental Noise Guidelines. He questions the validity of the presented evidence, as “some of the referenced studies have not been conducted according to standardized methods, and the selection of respondents is not representative of the general airport population.” Gjestland maintains that the new WHO Guidelines are based on a questionable selection of existing aircraft noise studies. Our reply comments on the arguments of Gjestland and refutes most of his critique.

scholarly journals Aircraft Noise Distribution as a Fairness Dilemma—A Review of Aircraft Noise through the Lens of Social Justice Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7399
Author(s):  
Dominik Hauptvogel ◽  
Susanne Bartels ◽  
Dirk Schreckenberg ◽  
Tobias Rothmund
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Noise Distribution ◽  
Justice Research ◽  
Fairness Perceptions ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Social Justice Research ◽  
The Relationship

Aircraft noise exposure is a health risk and there is evidence that noise annoyance partly mediates the association between noise exposure and stress-related health risks. Thus, approaches to reduce annoyance may be beneficial for health. Annoyance is influenced by manifold non-acoustic factors and perceiving a fair and trustful relationship between the airport and its residents may be one of them. The distribution of aircraft noise exposure can be regarded as a fairness dilemma: while residents living near an airport may seem to have some advantages, the majority of residents living under certain flight routes or in their immediate proximity suffer from the disadvantages of the airport, especially the noise. Moreover, a dilemma exists between the airport’s beneficial economic impact for a region and the physical and psychological integrity of residents. Aircraft noise exposure through the lens of social justice research can help to improve our understanding of noise annoyance. Research indicates that the fairness perceptions of the parties involved can be enhanced by (a) improving individual cost–benefit ratios, (b) providing a fair procedure for deciding upon the noise distribution, and (c) implementing fair social interaction with residents. Based on the review of evidence from social justice research, we derive recommendations on how fairness aspects can be integrated into aircraft noise management with the purpose of improving the relationship between the airport and its residents, to reduce annoyance, and to enhance the acceptance of local aviation and the airport as a neighbor.

scholarly journals Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Noise Exposure: A Systematic Review

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e114183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Hvass Schmidt ◽  
Mads Klokker
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Aircraft Noise Levels, Annoyance, and Health Effects in an Urban Area in Oman

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Amoatey ◽  
Issa Al-Harthy ◽  
Khalifa Al-Jabri ◽  
Abdullah Al-Mamun ◽  
Mahad Said Baawain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
General Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Exposure Levels

Abstract This study aimed at investigating aircraft noise exposure levels, their annoyance, and potential health effects among communities living within airport catchment areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both field measurements and an online survey approach were used to investigate aircraft noise exposure levels, annoyance, and general health effects among residents living near Muscat International Airport (MCT) in Muscat, Oman amid COVID-19 period. The study found a drastic decline in aircraft noise levels due to the introduction of COVID-19 intervention measures such as lock-downs, social distancing, and closure of airports. In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic average daily aircraft noise levels of LAeq (39.9 dB(A)) and Lmax (49.7 dB(A)) was observed compared to the previous year (April-May 2019) of 58.5 and 76.8 dB(A), indicating aircraft noise reductions level of 32% and 35%, respectively. The results of the online social survey among 187 participants showed that most (58.8%) of the respondents did not feel that the level of noise produced by aircraft causes annoyance. During the day, the vast majority of the interviewees did not complain of any annoyance during the morning (45.5%), afternoon (39.6%), and evening (31%) with only < 4% of residents having reported a very high degree of annoyance of during COVID-19 pandemic period. Very few people (17%) did complain of experiencing general health problems while 29% did not know of any potential health effects that could be attributed to aircraft noise exposures. These findings support the need sustainable mitigation of aircraft noise in order to help improve health.

scholarly journals Aircraft Noise and Psychological Ill-Health: The Results of a Cross-Sectional Study in France

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clémence Baudin ◽  
Marie Lefèvre ◽  
Patricia Champelovier ◽  
Jacques Lambert ◽  
Bernard Laumon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Noise Sensitivity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Direct Association

Background: The effects of aircraft noise on psychological ill-health have not been largely investigated and remain to be discussed. No study has been performed in France on the health effects of aircraft noise. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between aircraft noise in dB and in terms of annoyance and psychological ill-health in populations living near airports in France. Methods: A total of 1244 individuals older than 18 and living near three French airports (Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Lyon–Saint-Exupéry and Toulouse–Blagnac) were randomly selected to participate in the study. Information about their personal medical history and socioeconomic and lifestyle factors was collected by means of a face-to-face questionnaire performed at their place of residence by an interviewer. Psychological ill-health was evaluated with the 12-item version of the General Heath Questionnaire (GHQ-12). For each participant, outdoor aircraft noise exposure in dB was estimated by linking their home address to noise maps. Objective noise exposure in dB was considered to be the primary exposure of interest. Four noise indicators referring to three different periods of the day were derived and used for the statistical analyses: Lden, LAeq,24hr, LAeq,6hr–22hr, and Lnight. Noise annoyance and noise sensitivity were the secondary risk factors of interest. Logistic regression models were used with adjustment for potential confounders. Results: The participation rate in the study was 30%. Approximately 22% of the participants were considered to have psychological ill-health according to the GHQ-12. No direct association was found between exposure to aircraft noise in dB and psychological ill-health. However, annoyance due to aircraft noise and noise sensitivity were both significantly associated with psychological ill-health. Moreover, a gradient was evidenced between annoyance and psychological ill-health, with increasing ORs from 1.79 (95% CI 1.06–3.03) for people who were not all annoyed to 4.00 (95% CI 1.67–9.55) for extremely annoyed people.Conclusions: These findings confirm the results of previous studies, suggesting there is no direct association between aircraft noise exposure in dB and psychological ill-health, but there is a significant relationship between noise sensitivity or annoyance due to aircraft noise and psychological ill-health. This supports the hypothesis that psychological aspects, such as noise annoyance and noise sensitivity, play important roles in the association between environmental noise and adverse effects on health. However, further studies are necessary in order to better understand the links between these variables.

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