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Chapter Four - Sleep Disturbance and Aviation Noise
Pages 11-12

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... . It summarized by stating that "once asleep, very few people living near airports are at risk of any substantial sleep disturbance resulting from aircraft noise, even at the highest event noise levels." Later studies by Horne et al.
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... In-home sleep disturbance studies clearly demonstrate that it requires more noise to cause awakenings than was previously theorized based on laboratory sleep disturbance studies. Recent studies have cautioned about the over-interpretation of the data.
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