Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects

Birgit Rasmussen; Ola Ekholm

doi:10.3397/IN-2021-2228

Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects

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Abstract

Neighbour and traffic noise annoyance questions have been included in the Danish Health and Morbidity Surveys since year 2000. Noise annoyance was assessed by asking the respondents about noise annoyance from neighbours and traffic, respectively, in their home during the past two weeks. For people in multi-storey housing, neighbour noise annoyance was significantly higher than annoyance from traffic. The latest survey was performed in 2017; 3893 respondents living in multi-storey houses completed the self-administered questionnaire, 36% reported being very/slightly bothered by neighbour noise and 22% by traffic noise. Additional studies were carried out aiming at analyzing associations between neighbour noise annoyance and physical/mental health symptoms such as pain in various body parts, headache, fatigue, depression and anxiety and furthermore with getting enough sleep to feel rested. Noise annoyance from neighbours was strongly associated with all these health/sleep outcomes. Similar associations were observed for traffic noise. Although causality cannot be established in this cross-sectional study, it is concluded that neighbour noise annoyance is strongly associated with various physical/mental health symptoms and with not getting enough sleep to feel rested. The results highlight that health effects of neighbour noise might be as serious as for traffic noise and should have more attention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 2021 - 2021 International Congress and Exposition of Noise Control Engineering
Editors	Tyler Dare, Stuart Bolton, Patricia Davies, Yutong Xue, Gordon Ebbitt
Number of pages	10
Volume	263(4)
Place of Publication	Washington
Publisher	Institute of Noise Control Engineering
Publication date	Aug 2021
Pages	2783-2792
Article number	#2228
ISBN (Electronic)	9781732598652
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3397/IN-2021-2228
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021
Event	50th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering - Virtual Conference, Washington D.C, United States Duration: 1 Aug 2021 → 5 Aug 2021 Conference number: 50 https://internoise2021.org/

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Conference	50th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering
Number	50
Location	Virtual Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington D.C
Period	01/08/2021 → 05/08/2021
Internet address	https://internoise2021.org/

Series	Noise-Con Proceedings
Volume	21 (Print)
ISSN	0736-2935

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Session: 13.01 Acoustic Regulations and Classification for Buildings, Part 2

Keywords

Housing
Sound Insulation
Neighbour noise
Privacy
Annoyance
Perceived stress
Mental health
Fatique
Sleeping problems
Sleep quality
Health & morbidity surveys

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Rasmussen, B., & Ekholm, O. (2021). Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects. In T. Dare, S. Bolton, P. Davies, Y. Xue, & G. Ebbitt (Eds.), Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 2021 - 2021 International Congress and Exposition of Noise Control Engineering (Vol. 263(4), pp. 2783-2792). Article #2228 Institute of Noise Control Engineering. https://doi.org/10.3397/IN-2021-2228

Rasmussen, Birgit ; Ekholm, Ola. / Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects. Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 2021 - 2021 International Congress and Exposition of Noise Control Engineering. editor / Tyler Dare ; Stuart Bolton ; Patricia Davies ; Yutong Xue ; Gordon Ebbitt. Vol. 263(4) Washington : Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2021. pp. 2783-2792 (Noise-Con Proceedings, Vol. 21 (Print)).

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Rasmussen, B & Ekholm, O 2021, Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects. in T Dare, S Bolton, P Davies, Y Xue & G Ebbitt (eds), Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 2021 - 2021 International Congress and Exposition of Noise Control Engineering. vol. 263(4), #2228, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Washington, Noise-Con Proceedings, vol. 21 (Print), pp. 2783-2792, 50th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Washington D.C, United States, 01/08/2021. https://doi.org/10.3397/IN-2021-2228

Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects. / Rasmussen, Birgit; Ekholm, Ola.
Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 2021 - 2021 International Congress and Exposition of Noise Control Engineering. ed. / Tyler Dare; Stuart Bolton; Patricia Davies; Yutong Xue; Gordon Ebbitt. Vol. 263(4) Washington: Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2021. p. 2783-2792 #2228 (Noise-Con Proceedings, Vol. 21 (Print)).

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Rasmussen B, Ekholm O. Neighbour noise in multi-storey housing - Annoyance and potential health effects. In Dare T, Bolton S, Davies P, Xue Y, Ebbitt G, editors, Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 2021 - 2021 International Congress and Exposition of Noise Control Engineering. Vol. 263(4). Washington: Institute of Noise Control Engineering. 2021. p. 2783-2792. #2228. (Noise-Con Proceedings, Vol. 21 (Print)). doi: 10.3397/IN-2021-2228

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