The Role of ‘Background Stressors’ in the Formation of Annoyance and Stress Responses

S. Benton, H.G. Leventhall

Journal of low frequency noise, vibration and active control · 1994 · 16 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Background stresses have a chronic effect on our lives and stimulate the development of coping strategies. The paper considers low level low frequency noise (LLLFN) as a background stressor and the coping response to it of either improving sensitivity as an aid to location or reducing sensitivity in an attempt to habituate. It is considered that LLLFN is a proven background stressor which is not evaluated correctly by conventional noise measures.

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