The influence of nonacoustic factors on judgments of the annoyance of noise exposure Free

A theoretical model recently developed under sponsorship of the U.S. Air Force Noise and Sonic Boom Impact Technology Program treats annoyance judgments as the outcome of rational decision‐making processes. Self‐reports of the annoyance of noise exposure are partitioned into two components: one attributable to acoustic factors and one attributable to nonacoustic factors. This approach makes it possible to quantitatively estimate the contributions of nonacoustic factors (referred to collectively as “response bias” to judgments of the annoyance of noise intrusions. Application of this model to predicting the prevalence of annoyance due to different community noise sources is described.