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Chapter Six - Effects of Aviation Noise on Schools
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... However, it is usually clear that noise levels above a certain Leq affect a child's learning experiences. In 1995 and again in 1998, Evans et al., studying school children living in the vicinity of the Munich airport and a in quiet suburban area, demonstrated that children within high-noise areas showed evidence of poor persistence on challenging tasks, and reported considerable annoyance with community noise levels, adjusted for individual differences in rating criteria for annoyance judgments (Evans et al.
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