Noise exposure files for a polysomnographic study of ground-borne noise from railway tunnels and sleep - Main study
type: Dataset
description: In residential areas around railway tunnels, there is no direct airborne noise from the railways, but residents may be exposed to ground borne noise. Nocturnal airborne railway noise has been shown to be potentially disruptive to sleep, but there is only limited previous research on the effects of ground borne railway noise. This study present laboratory studies investigating how ground borne railway noise at levels occurring in the field impacts on sleep. Data on sound pressure level, duration and frequency content of ground borne noise from railways were collected from the scientific literature, from measurement reports and by renewed measurements at a few locations in Stockholm, Sweden. The audio files were created to simulate a ground borne noise from a tunnel close to the dwelling. Both files are dominated by low frequencies, but one has more of the lowest frequencies (denoted “LF” in the filename). Purpose: The audio files were used as exposure in a sleep study focused on the effect on ground borne noise from railway tunnels. Noise exposure files for the main study, the file marked LF contains more low frequencies than the file marked HF.
citation: CreativeWork
  name: Smith M., Ögren M., Ageborg Morsing J., Persson Waye K. (2019). Effects of ground-borne noise from railway tunnels on sleep: A polysomnographic study. Building and Environment Volume 149, February 2019, Pages 288-296.
citation: Smith M., Ögren M., Ageborg Morsing J., Jerson T., Persson Waye K. (2018).The effects on sleep of ground borne noise from trains in tunnels. Proceedings of Eurnoise 2018. Paper 16.1.
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conditions of access: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
creative work status: completed
  type: DefinedTerm
  in defined term set: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/dataset-status
  term code: COMPLETED
creator: Mikael Ögren
  type: Person
  family name: Ögren
  given name: Mikael
date modified: 2019-03-14
date published: 2018-06-29
is part of: https://doi.org/10.5878/3kwv-5d79
keywords: Other Civil Engineering
  type: DefinedTerm
  term code: 20199
keywords: Health
keywords: Polysomnography
keywords: railway tunnels
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: University of Gothenburg
spatial coverage: Sweden
distribution: data/stomljud_final_HF.wav
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  additional type: data
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  content size: 2017188
  encoding format: audio/wav
distribution: data/stomljud_final_LF.wav
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  additional type: data
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  content size: 2017188
  encoding format: audio/wav
distribution: documentation/225_Euronoise2018.pdf
  type: DataDownload
  additional type: documentation
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version: 1.0

PropertyValue
property ID: DOI
value: 10.5878/69kh-3090

PropertyValue
property ID: DOI
value: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.12.009

Health
type: DefinedTerm
description: Health, health services, human ecology, and safety.
term code: health

TRAINS
type: DefinedTerm

SLEEP
type: DefinedTerm

RAIL TRAFFIC
type: DefinedTerm

Polysomnography
type: DefinedTerm
description: Simultaneous and continuous monitoring of several parameters during sleep to study normal and abnormal sleep. The study includes monitoring of brain waves, to assess sleep stages, and other physiological variables such as breathing, eye movements, and blood oxygen levels which exhibit a disrupted pattern with sleep disturbances.
term code: D017286

University of Gothenburg
type: Organization

Sweden
type: Place