The increasing number and size of wind farms call for more data on human response to wind turbine noise, so that a generalized dose-response relationship can be modeled and possible adverse health effects avoided. This paper reports the results of a 2007 field study in The Netherlands with 725 respondents. A dose-response relationship between calculated -weighted sound pressure levels and reported perception and annoyance was found. Wind turbine noise was more annoying than transportation noise or industrial noise at comparable levels, possibly due to specific sound properties such as a “swishing” quality, temporal variability, and lack of nighttime abatement. High turbine visibility enhances negative response, and having wind turbines visible from the dwelling significantly increased the risk of annoyance. Annoyance was strongly correlated with a negative attitude toward the visual impact of wind turbines on the landscape. The study further demonstrates that people who benefit economically from wind turbines have a significantly decreased risk of annoyance, despite exposure to similar sound levels. Response to wind turbine noise was similar to that found in Sweden so the dose-response relationship should be generalizable.
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August 01 2009
Response to noise from modern wind farms in The Netherlands
Eja Pedersen;
Eja Pedersen
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Halmstad University and University of Gothenburg,
Halmstad University
, P.O. Box 823, SE-301 18 Halmstad, Sweden
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Frits van den Berg;
Frits van den Berg
University of Groningen and GGD Amsterdam,
GGD Amsterdam
, P.O. Box 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Roel Bakker;
Roel Bakker
University Medical Centre Groningen,
University of Groningen
, A. Deusinglaan 1, 7913 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Jelte Bouma
Jelte Bouma
University Medical Centre Groningen,
University of Groningen
, A. Deusinglaan 1, 7913 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 126, 634–643 (2009)
Article history
Received:
December 03 2008
Accepted:
June 08 2009
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Eja Pedersen, Frits van den Berg, Roel Bakker, Jelte Bouma; Response to noise from modern wind farms in The Netherlands. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 August 2009; 126 (2): 634–643. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3160293
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