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The state of the art of predicting noise-induced sleep disturbance in field settings by Fidell, Sanford, Tabachnick, Barbara, Pearsons, Karl S

“…Several relationships between intruding noises (largely aircraft) and sleep disturbance have been inferred from the findings of a handful of field studies…”
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Relationship between low-frequency aircraft noise and annoyance due to rattle and vibration by Fidell, Sanford, Pearsons, Karl, Silvati, Laura, Sneddon, Matthew

“…A near-replication of a study of the annoyance of rattle and vibration attributable to aircraft noise [Fidell et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 1408-1415…”
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Effects on sleep disturbance of changes in aircraft noise near three airports by Fidell, S, Pearsons, K, Tabachnick, B G, Howe, R

“…Field measurements were conducted of potential sleep disturbance associated with changes in nighttime aircraft noise exposure near three airports. One study…”
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A tribute to Karl Kryter by Pearsons, Karl S.

“…Karl Kryter came to Bolt Beranek and Newman in 1957 from Harvard to lead the Psycho-Acoustics Department. At that time, commercial aviation was transitioning…”
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Field study of noise-induced sleep disturbance by Fidell, Sanford, Pearsons, Karl, Tabachnick, Barbara, Howe, Richard, Silvati, Laura, Barber, David S.

“…Behaviorally confirmed awakenings were recorded during nighttime hours for periods of approximately one month in 45 homes of 82 test participants. Measurements…”
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Predicting noise-induced sleep disturbance by Pearsons, Karl S., Barber, David S., Tabachnick, Barbara G., Fidell, Sanford

“…The findings of 21 studies of the effects of noise on sleep were reanalyzed in an effort to develop a quantitative dosage-response relationship. Large and…”
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Review of field studies of aircraft noise-induced sleep disturbance by MICHAUD, David S, FIDELL, Sanford, PEARSONS, Karl, CAMPBELL, Kenneth C, KEITH, Stephen E

“…Aircraft noise-induced sleep disturbance (AN-ISD) is potentially among the more serious effects of aircraft noise on people. This literature review of recent…”
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Acoustic environment challenges for the unique communication conditions in group learning classes in elementary school classrooms by Sutherland, Louis, Lubman, David, Pearsons, Karl

“…Unlike the traditional ‘‘sage-on-the-stage’’ configuration of many K–12 classrooms, the group learning or ‘‘guide-on-the-side’’ configuration does not involve…”
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Investigation of low frequency aircraft noise near airports by Lind, Stephen, Pearsons, Karl

“…Noise levels due to aircraft departures were measured at four locations near Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport and at seven locations near Los…”
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Assessment of speech interference from aircraft flyover noise in schools and other communication critical environments by Pearsons, Karl

“…Although most assessments of the effects of community noise impacts on people concentrate on annoyance, it is important in some speech-critical settings to…”
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Relative rates of growth of annoyance of impulsive and non-impulsive noises by Fidell, Sanford, Silvati, Laura, Pearsons, Karl

“…Twenty-nine people judged the relative annoyance of five variable level signals and 29 impulsive and non-impulsive fixed-level signals in an adaptive paired…”
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Methodological study of sleep motility measurements by Silvati, Laura, Pearsons, Karl S.

“…A methodological study was undertaken to investigate the sensitivity of sleep motility to noise-induced disturbances. Indoor noise exposure and sleep motility…”
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Prediction of aural detectability of noise signals by Fidell, S, Pearsons, K S, Bennett, R

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Effect of low-frequency content on the rate of growth of annoyance of impulsive sounds by Fidell, Sanford, Pearsons, Karl, Silvati, Laura

“…Since useful field studies of the annoyance of high energy impulsive sounds are costly and difficult to conduct, comparatively little is known empirically…”
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Measurements of personal aircraft noise exposure of outdoor recreationists by Sneddon, Matthew, Fidell, Sanford, Pearsons, Karl

“…The at-ear noise exposure of hikers created by sporadic aircraft overflights in an outdoor recreational setting was measured on public lands underlying an…”
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Field study of the annoyance of low-frequency runway sideline noise by Fidell, Sanford, Silvati, Laura, Pearsons, Karl, Lind, Stephen, Howe, Richard

“…Noise from aircraft ground operations often reaches residences in the vicinity of airports via grazing incidence paths that attenuate high-frequency noise more…”
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On the utility of extending the low-frequency range of standards for sound isolation in buildings by Lind, Stephen J., Pearsons, Karl S., Fidell, Sanford A.

“…Frequencies above 100 Hz are commonly considered in sound insulation computations as specified by ASTM E413 and ISO 717. This is appropriate for concerns about…”
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Review of Field Studies of Aircraft Noise-Induced Sleep Disturbance by Michaud, David S., Fidell, Sanford, Pearsons, Karl, Campbell, Kenneth C., Keith, Stephen E.

“…Aircraft noise-induced sleep disturbance (AN-ISD) is potentially among the more serious effects of aircraft noise on people. This literature review of recent…”
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The meaningfulness of reductions in aircraft noise exposure in airport neighborhoods by Fidell, Sanford, Silvati, Laura, Pearsons, Karl

“…As quieter aircraft have begun to replace some of the noiser ones in the civil air transport fleet, aircraft noise exposure levels in certain airport…”
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Comparison of noise metrics for predicting the annoyance of aircraft overflight noise by Pearsons, Karl, Howe, Richard, Sneddon, Matthew, Silvati, Laura, Fidell, Sanford

“…Two groups of 30 audiometrically screened test participants judged the relative annoyance of two comparison (variable level) signals and 30–34 standard (fixed…”
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