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Abstract
Exposure to sound has only recently received wide recognition as an environmental problem. While the effects of sound are perhaps less apparent than problems such as air pollution and population density, sound may be a critical factor influencing the level of well-being of people and should not be ignored due to unnoticed effects. Especially in combination with a variety of the stressors it may be be harmful physically, psychologically and socially.
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature and to examine two alternate models of the effects of residential noise on the occupants. The first model is a biologically based model in which noise is studied as a stress factor, and the second is a model in which noise is viewed as a deficit in a normative framework.
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G. Marie Anderson
Marie Anderson is a lecturer in housing and equipment in the School of Home Economics, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas 76203.
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