Annoyance from environmental noise across the lifespan
Annoyance from environmental noise across the lifespan
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DOI：
10.1121/1.3147510
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发表时间：
2009-07-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Miedema, Henk M. E.
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作者：
Van Gerven, Pascal W. M.;Vos, Henk;Miedema, Henk M. E.
在一个汇集了62,983名年龄在15岁至102岁之间的人的国际和荷兰样本中，研究了年龄对环境噪音自我报告烦恼的影响。所有受访者经常暴露于不同程度的交通噪音（即，飞机、道路交通和铁路噪音）。结果显示了一个倒U形的模式，其中最大数量的高度恼火的个人被发现在中年段的样本（峰值约45岁），而最低的数量被发现在最年轻和最老的年龄段。这种模式与噪音暴露水平和自我报告的噪音敏感度无关。倒U形解释了在以前的研究中没有线性年龄效应。根据预测与年龄相关的噪声脆弱性的理论，结果进行了讨论。
Curvilinear effects of age on self-reported annoyance from environmental noise were investigated in a pooled international and a Dutch sample of in total 62,983 individuals aged between 15 and 102 years. All respondents were frequently exposed to varying levels of transportation noise (i.e., aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise). Results reveal an inverted U-shaped pattern, where the largest number of highly annoyed individuals was found in the middle-aged segment of the sample (peaking around 45 years) while the lowest number was found in the youngest and oldest age segments. This pattern was independent of noise exposure level and self-reported noise sensitivity. The inverted U-shape explains the absence of linear age effects in previous studies. The results are discussed in light of theories predicting an age-related vulnerability to noise.