Serpilli, F.; Di Loreto, S.; Lori, V.; Montelpare, S. Noise and Legal Dispute: Applications and Limits of the Italian Standard UNI/TS 11844. Standards2023, 3, 373-384.
Serpilli, F.; Di Loreto, S.; Lori, V.; Montelpare, S. Noise and Legal Dispute: Applications and Limits of the Italian Standard UNI/TS 11844. Standards 2023, 3, 373-384.
Serpilli, F.; Di Loreto, S.; Lori, V.; Montelpare, S. Noise and Legal Dispute: Applications and Limits of the Italian Standard UNI/TS 11844. Standards2023, 3, 373-384.
Serpilli, F.; Di Loreto, S.; Lori, V.; Montelpare, S. Noise and Legal Dispute: Applications and Limits of the Italian Standard UNI/TS 11844. Standards 2023, 3, 373-384.
Abstract
In forensic acoustics, a possible area of analysis is represented by unwanted sound that 1
is perceived as a source of intrusion or disturbance within a certain auditory context. This context 2
is defined as the "auditory scene" and refers to the set of sounds present in a specific environment. 3
The presence of unwanted sounds in the auditory scene can cause a wide range of negative effects, 4
including disturbance, discomfort, moral or immoral harm, and other types of negative impact on the 5
health and well-being of individuals exposed to noise. In 2022, the technical specification UNI/TS 6
11844:2022 dedicated to the measurement and analysis of intrusive noise was published. The standard 7
introduces the concept of intrusive noise and defines its calculation methods based on environmental 8
measurements. The purposes of this technical specification is to provide an objective support to 9
methods already in used in acoustic disputes, where the assessment of the annoyance of a noise is 10
often a subjective evaluation of the technician. This work delves into the application to some real 11
cases, identifying the potentiality and the limits of the standardized method.
Keywords
Intrusive noise; signal detection theory; acoustic standard; acoustic disputes
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Pollution
Copyright:
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