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Frequency weighting to evaluate the feeling of pressure and/or vibration caused by low-frequency noise: Re-analysis of an existing study

英語

vestibular system

2022-03

SAGE Publications

Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control

41(1)

3-11

Low-frequency noise may create specific perceptions, which might cause various health effects. The present study aimed to identify exposure-response relationships between low-frequency noise and perceptions by re-analysing an experimental study. We investigated the predominant perceptions of 'feeling bothered' and 'feeling of pressure and/or vibration' using multivariate logistic regression analysis. A significant interaction between 1/3 octave-band sound pressure level and frequency was indicated for 'feeling bothered' but not 'feeling of pressure and/or vibration', suggesting that the 'feeling of pressure and/or vibration' does not originate in cochlear. A mathematical model indicating resonance at approximately 50 Hz fitted the results well. A frequency weighting derived from the mathematical model could be applied to broad-band low-frequency noise to evaluate the perception and health effects. However, further investigations on the weighting for the perception are necessary because the results were obtained only from the existing study.

学術雑誌論文

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1461-3484