Subjective experiment for the effect of road traffic noise on productivity

Masaoki Haneda; Naoe Nishihara; Shin Ichi Tanabe

doi:10.3130/aije.73.355

Subjective experiment for the effect of road traffic noise on productivity

Masaoki Haneda^*, Naoe Nishihara, Shin Ichi Tanabe

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School of Creative Science and Engineering

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Abstract

A subjective experiment was conducted to examine the influence of road traffic noise on productivity. Multiplication task or short-term memorization task were assigned to thirty-two subjects in the indoor environment with only background noise (L_Aeq32dB) or with recorded road traffic noise (L_Aeq70dB). As a result, subjects evaluated the environment with road traffic noise as significantly unacceptable and discomfort compared to the environment with only background noise. From the correlation analysis, subjects who reported higher acceptability on the indoor environment tended to be less tired and were able to maintain higher concentration on task. The evaluation of indoor environment by occupants can be related to their state at work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	355-362
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume	73
Issue number	625
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3130/aije.73.355
Publication status	Published - 2008 Mar

Keywords

Acceptability on indoor environment
Multiplication task
Productivity
Road traffic noise
Short-term memorization task

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Environmental Engineering

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