Perspectives on the sonic environment and noise mitigations during the COVID-19 pandemic era

HP Lee, S Kumar - Acoustics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The pandemic has impacted every facet of our life, society, and environment. It has also
affected both the requirement and challenges for acoustic research and applications. The …

Effects of soundscape complexity on urban noise annoyance ratings: A large-scale online listening experiment

A Mitchell, M Erfanian, C Soelistyo, T Oberman… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Noise annoyance has been often reported as one of the main adverse effects of noise
exposure on human health, and there is consensus that it relates to several factors going …

A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Challéat, N Farrugia, JSP Froidevaux, A Gasc… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Political responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in city soundscapes around
the globe. From March to October 2020, a consortium of 261 contributors from 35 countries …

[HTML][HTML] Multidimensional analyses of the noise impacts of COVID-19 lockdown

P Aumond, A Can, M Lagrange, F Gontier… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Joint Research Unit in Environmental Acoustics/Unité Mixte de Recherche en Acoustique
Environnementale, Univ Gustave Eiffel, Institut français des sciences et technologies des …

[HTML][HTML] Shaping city soundscapes: In-situ comparison of four sound installations in an urban public space

V Fraisse, C Tarlao, C Guastavino - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
The soundscape approach considers sound as a resource from a user perspective in the
planning of public spaces. While this approach is garnering increased research attention …

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Heritage Festival Soundscapes—A Critical Review of Literature

M Parker, DHR Spennemann, J Bond - Current Pollution Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The response to COVID-19 in the global community resulted in
a disruption of usual sensory experiences associated with quotidian life and special events …

Reductions in community noise levels in vancouver, Canada, during pandemic lockdown and association with land cover type

X Yu, I Jarvis, Z Davis, M van den Bosch… - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Urban transportation noise is a major public concern because of its adverse
effects on health. The determinants of urban noise exposure have not been widely explored …

Daily sound exposure of hearing aids users during COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

K Sun, TI Szatmari, A Pasta, L Bramsløw… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This study aimed to investigate the daily sound exposure of hearing aid (HA)
users during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on the impact of different …

Associations between personal attitudes towards COVID-19 and public space soundscape assessment: An example from Antwerp, Belgium

F Aletta, T Van Renterghem - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the lockdown events and policies that followed, led to
significant changes in the built environment and how it is experienced by people and …

The role of traffic volume on sound pressure level reduction before and during COVID-19 lockdown measures—a case study in Bochum, Germany

F Hemker, T Haselhoff, S Brunner… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, sound pressure levels (SPL) decreased because of
lockdown measures all over the world. This study aims to describe SPL changes over …