Effect of personality traits on sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception of low- and high-frequency noise

• Published in: Journal of low frequency noise, vibration, and active control Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 643 - 655
• Main Authors: Abbasi, Milad, Tokhi, Mohammad Osman, Falahati, Mohsen, Yazdanirad, Saeid, Ghaljahi, Maryam, Etemadinezhad, Siavash, Jaffari Talaar Poshti, Roghayeh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2021; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Acoustic noise; Lead poisoning; LF noise; Loudness; Multivariate analysis; Noise; Noise levels; Noise sensitivity; Perception; Personality; Personality traits; Sound pressure; sensitivity; high-frequency noise; loudness perception; Personality traits; annoyance; low-frequency noise

This paper presents investigations into a comparative assessment of the effects of low- and high-frequency noise in relation to personality traits. The high- and low-frequency noises used are produced in the research laboratory using CoolEdit software. In all, 80 candidates were exposed to equivalen...