Impact of wind turbine sound on annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress
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Impact of wind turbine sound on annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress.
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH The present government in the Netherlands intends to realize a substantial growth of wind energy before 2020, both onshore and offshore. Wind turbines, when positioned in the neighborhood of residents may cause visual annoyance and noise annoyance. Studies on other environmental sound sources, such as railway, road traffic, industry and aircraft noise show that (long-ter...
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence of perception and annoyance due to wind turbine noise among people living near the turbines, and to study relations between noise and perception/annoyance, with focus on differences between living environments. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in seven areas in Sweden across dissimilar terrain and different degrees of urbanisation. A postal...
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Introduction: Installation of wind turbines in residential areas due to their unique sound characteristics may cause noise annoyance. Noise annoyance can increase the risk of health problems and sleep disturbance. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the effect of wind turbine noise annoyance on sleep disturbance among the Manjil wind farm workers. .Material and Method: All the Manjil wind...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science of The Total Environment
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.005