TY  - JOUR
AU  - Elmenhorst, E.M.
AU  - Elmenhorst, D.
AU  - Wenzel, J.
AU  - Quehl, J.
AU  - Mueller, U.
AU  - Maass, H.
AU  - Vejvoda, M.
AU  - Basner, M.
TI  - Effects of nocturnal aircraft noise on cognitive performance in the following morning: dose-response relationships in laboratory and field
JO  - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
VL  - 83
SN  - 0003-9896
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Heldref Publications
M1  - PreJuSER-11226
SP  - 743 - 751
PY  - 2010
N1  - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB  - Nocturnal aircraft noise disturbs sleep and impairs recuperation. We investigated in laboratory and field studies whether noise-induced sleep fragmentation is associated with performance impairments in a psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) and a memory search task.In the laboratory, 112 participants were exposed to aircraft noise during 9 consecutive nights. In the field, 64 participants were examined during 9 consecutive nights in the vicinity of Cologne/Bonn airport. Reaction time, signal detection performance and subjective task load were recorded.Dose-response relationships showed significant, linear impairments in reaction times. In the laboratory, reaction time in PVT increased with 0.13 ms/dB equivalent noise level (LAeq) plus 0.02 ms/noise event. In the field study, reaction time increased with 0.3 ms/dB LAeq. Participants worked significantly less accurate after nocturnal noise exposure.Influences of LAeq and number of noise events on daytime performance were small but consistent and significant, stressing the potential public health impact of nocturnal noise exposure.
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aircraft
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Environmental Exposure: adverse effects
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Logistic Models
KW  - Male
KW  - Memory, Short-Term
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Noise, Transportation: adverse effects
KW  - Polysomnography
KW  - Psychomotor Performance
KW  - Sleep: physiology
KW  - Statistics, Nonparametric
KW  - Young Adult
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:20143082
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000281858900004
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s00420-010-0515-5
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/11226
ER  -