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Int Arch Occup Environ Health (1992) 64:293-301
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Envronmental Health © Springer-Verlag 1992 Effects of noise on mental performance with regard to subjective noise sensitivity Goran Belojevic l , Evy Ohrstriim2 , and Ragnar Rylander2 'Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Pasterova 2, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 2 Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Received February 20 / Accepted June 23, 1992 Summary Objective and subjective effects of moderate levels of recorded traffic noise lLeq = 55 d B(A) and 75 dB(A)l on mental performance were studied in a laboratory setting A total of 45 subjects (23 males and 22 females) were investigated with respect to subjective noise sensitivity (SNS) Four cognitive tasks were applied involving different psychological functions: Short-Term Memory (STM), Search and Memory 5 (SAM 5) (vigilance), Hidden Figures (HF) (spatial reasoning) and Mental Arithmetic (MA) (parallel processing) Three groups of 15 subjects were defined according to their scores on Weinstein's Noise Sensitivity Scale as tolerant, moderately sensitive or highly sensitive to noise A similar level of performance was observed in the three groups under quiet conditions l 30 dB(A) Leql, but under noisy conditions significant differences (P
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Objective and subjective effects of moderate levels of recorded traffic noise [Leq = 55 dB(A) and 75 dB(A)] on mental performance were studied in a la...
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