PROGRESS REPORT ON A STANDARD FOR PREDICTION OF SLEEP DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH NOISE EVENTS

摘要

Sleep disturbance manifests itself in many ways. Waking up, movement, annoyance, changes in sleep stage to a lighter stage, and sleep latency are all forms of sleep disturbance. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has established a working group to investigate the feasibility of developing a standard for sleep disturbance due to noise. The suggested title and scope for such a standard are:Evaluating and recommending measures for quantifying noise and sleep disturbance metrics. Additional factors that may be addressed include effects of background noise and event onset rate. Available information will be used to verify and improve dose-response relationships for environmental noise assessments.