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Martin Roosli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of scale question location order of response alternatives and season on self reported noise Annoyance using icben scales a field experiment
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016Co-Authors: Mark Brink, Dirk Schreckenberg, Danielle Vienneau, Christian Cajochen, Jean Marc Wunderli, Nicole Probsthensch, Martin RoosliAbstract:The type of noise Annoyance scale and aspects of its presentation such as response format or location within a questionnaire and other contextual factors may affect self-reported noise Annoyance. By means of a balanced experimental design, the effect of type of Annoyance question and corresponding scale (5-point verbal vs. 11-point numerical ICBEN (International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise) scale), presentation order of scale points (ascending vs. descending), question location (early vs. late within the questionnaire), and survey season (autumn vs. spring) on reported road traffic noise Annoyance was investigated in a postal survey with a stratified random sample of 2386 Swiss residents. Our results showed that early appearance of Annoyance questions was significantly associated with higher Annoyance scores. Questionnaires filled out in autumn were associated with a significantly higher Annoyance rating than in the springtime. No effect was found for the order of response alternatives. Standardized average Annoyance scores were slightly higher using the 11-point numerical scale whereas the percentage of highly annoyed respondents was higher based on the 5-point scale, using common cutoff points. In conclusion, placement and presentation of Annoyance questions within a questionnaire, as well as the time of the year a survey is carried out, have small but demonstrable effects on the degree of self-reported noise Annoyance.
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the association between road traffic noise exposure Annoyance and health related quality of life hrqol
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014Co-Authors: Harris Heritier, Mark Brink, Danielle Vienneau, Nicole Probsthensch, Patrizia Frei, Martin RoosliAbstract:The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between road traffic noise exposure, Annoyance caused by different noise sources and validated health indicators in a cohort of 1375 adults from the region of Basel, Switzerland. Road traffic noise exposure for each study participant was determined using modelling, and Annoyance from various noise sources was inquired by means of a four-point Likert scale. Regression parameters from multivariable regression models for the von Zerssen score of somatic symptoms (point symptom score increase per Annoyance category) showed strongest associations with Annoyance from industry noise (2.36, 95% CI: 1.54, 3.17), neighbour noise (1.62, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.06) and road traffic noise (1.53, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.96). Increase in modelled noise exposure by 10 dB(A) resulted in a von Zerssen symptom score increase of 0.47 (95% CI: −0.01, 0.95) units. Subsequent structural equation modelling revealed that the association between physical noise exposure and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is strongly mediated by Annoyance and sleep disturbance. This study elucidates the complex interplay of different factors for the association between physical noise exposure and HRQOL.
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effect of nocturnal road traffic noise exposure and Annoyance on objective and subjective sleep quality
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2014Co-Authors: Martin Roosli, Patrizia Frei, Evelyn MohlerAbstract:Various epidemiological studies have found an association between noise exposure and sleep quality, but the mediating role of Annoyance is unclear for this association.; To investigate the effects of both objectively modeled road traffic noise exposure as well as noise Annoyance on subjective and objective sleep quality measures.; 1375 randomly selected participants from Basel, Switzerland, were enrolled in a questionnaire survey in 2008 with follow-up one year later (1122 participants). We assessed sleep quality by using a standardized sleep disturbance score, as well as the level of Annoyance with road traffic noise at home. Objective sleep efficiency data was collected in a nested diary study by means of actigraphy from 119 subjects for 1551 nights. Residential nocturnal exposure to road traffic noise was modeled using validated models. Data were analyzed with random intercept mixed-effects regression models.; In the main study, self-reported sleep quality was strongly related to noise Annoyance (p for trend>0.001) but only moderately correlated with modeled noise exposure (p=0.07). In the nested diary study objectively measured sleep efficiency was not related to Annoyance (p=0.25) but correlated with modeled noise exposure (p=0.02). Strikingly, noise induced decreased sleep efficiency was even more significant for study participants who were not annoyed with traffic noise (p=0.001).; This study indicates that effects of nocturnal traffic noise on objective sleep quality are independent of perceived noise Annoyance, whereas the association between self-reported sleep quality and noise is mediated by noise Annoyance.
Laureanne Gille - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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partial and total Annoyance due to road traffic noise combined with aircraft or railway noise structural equation analysis
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Kinche LamAbstract:Structural equation modeling was used to analyze partial and total in situ Annoyance in combined transportation noise situations. A psychophysical total Annoyance model and a perceptual total Annoyance model were proposed. Results show a high contribution of Noise exposure and Noise sensitivity to Noise Annoyance, as well as a causal relationship between noise Annoyance and lower Dwelling satisfaction. Moreover, the Visibility of noise source may increase noise Annoyance, even when the visible noise source is different from the annoying source under study. With regards to total Annoyance due to road traffic noise combined with railway or aircraft noise, even though in both situations road traffic noise may be considered background noise and the other noise source event noise, the contribution of road traffic noise to the models is greater than railway noise and smaller than aircraft noise. This finding may be explained by the difference in sound pressure levels between these two types of combined exposures or by the aircraft noise level, which may also indicate the city in which the respondents live. Finally, the results highlight the importance of sample size and variable distribution in the database, as different results can be observed depending on the sample or variables considered.
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structural equation modeling of partial and total Annoyances due to urban road traffic and aircraft noises
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Kinche LamAbstract:Data of a French in situ socio-acoustic survey were used to model partial Annoyance due to urban road traffic noise, partial Annoyance due to aircraft noise and total Annoyance due to these combined noises. Structural equation modeling carried out on the in situ data showed that long-term noise Annoyance depends on noise exposure but also on noise disturbance, dwelling satisfaction, visibility of a main road from the dwelling and noise sensitivity. Both noise exposure and noise sensitivity were introduced as independent variables in structural equation modeling of partial and total noise Annoyances. Their contributions to the models highlight the necessity to consider these two variables in Annoyance model prediction. Finally, in total noise Annoyance models, whereas partial Annoyance due to aircraft noise contributes to total noise Annoyance as much as partial road traffic Annoyance, aircraft noise exposure contributes to total noise Annoyance much more than road traffic noise. Several reasons may explai...
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noise sensitivity and loudness derivative index for urban road traffic noise Annoyance computation
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Reinhard WeberAbstract:Urban road traffic composed of powered-two-wheelers (PTWs), buses, heavy, and light vehicles is a major source of noise Annoyance. In order to assess Annoyance models considering different acoustical and non-acoustical factors, a laboratory experiment on short-term Annoyance due to urban road traffic noise was conducted. At the end of the experiment, participants were asked to rate their noise sensitivity and to describe the noise sequences they heard. This verbalization task highlights that Annoyance ratings are highly influenced by the presence of PTWs and by different acoustical features: noise intensity, irregular temporal amplitude variation, regular amplitude modulation, and spectral content. These features, except irregular temporal amplitude variation, are satisfactorily characterized by the loudness, the total energy of tonal components and the sputtering and nasal indices. Introduction of the temporal derivative of loudness allows successful modeling of perceived amplitude variations. Its contri...
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testing of the european union exposure response relationships and Annoyance equivalents model for Annoyance due to transportation noises the need of revised exposure response relationships and Annoyance equivalents model
Environment International, 2016Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Julien MorelAbstract:An in situ survey was performed in 8 French cities in 2012 to study the Annoyance due to combined transportation noises. As the European Commission recommends to use the exposure-response relationships suggested by Miedema and Oudshoorn [Environmental Health Perspective, 2001] to predict Annoyance due to single transportation noise, these exposure-response relationships were tested using the Annoyance due to each transportation noise measured during the French survey. These relationships only enabled a good prediction in terms of the percentages of people highly annoyed by road traffic noise. For the percentages of people annoyed and a little annoyed by road traffic noise, the quality of prediction is weak. For aircraft and railway noises, prediction of Annoyance is not satisfactory either. As a consequence, the Annoyance equivalents model of Miedema [The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004], based on these exposure-response relationships did not enable a good prediction of Annoyance due to combined transportation noises. Local exposure-response relationships were derived, following the whole computation suggested by Miedema and Oudshoorn [Environmental Health Perspective, 2001]. They led to a better calculation of Annoyance due to each transportation noise in the French cities. A new version of the Annoyance equivalents model was proposed using these new exposure-response relationships. This model enabled a better prediction of the total Annoyance due to the combined transportation noises. These results encourage therefore to improve the Annoyance prediction for noise in isolation with local or revised exposure-response relationships, which will also contribute to improve Annoyance modeling for combined noises. With this aim in mind, a methodology is proposed to consider noise sensitivity in exposure-response relationships and in the Annoyance equivalents model. The results showed that taking into account such variable did not enable to enhance both exposure-response relationships and the Annoyance equivalents model.
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noise Annoyance assessment of various urban road vehicle pass by noises in isolation and combined with industrial noise a laboratory study
Applied Acoustics, 2016Co-Authors: Julien Morel, Catherine Marquisfavre, Laureanne GilleAbstract:Abstract Noise maps are diagnosis tools which represent the noise exposure situation using the energy-based index L den (the day–evening–night level). Two major drawbacks may be attributed to noise maps: (1) energy-based indices only account for one acoustical factor (exposure level) that may give rise to Annoyance; (2) combined exposures situations are left unframed. In order to contribute to the overcoming of these flaws, two laboratory experiments were undertaken. Experiment 1 consists in listening tests where perceptual and cognitive categories of various urban road vehicle pass-by noises including two-wheeled vehicle pass-by noises are studied from the Annoyance point of view. This experiment allows to highlight spectral and temporal features, and to propose noise Annoyance indicators based on common acoustical and psychoacoustical indices in order to take these acoustical features into account. Experiment 2 consists in assessing Annoyance due to the previous urban road vehicle pass-by noises heard in the presence of a steady industrial noise. Interactions effects are found and attributed to the temporal evolution of combined noises. Perceptual total Annoyance models are found to be better models than psychophysical ones. This last result highlights the necessity to continue efforts to improve the characterization of Annoyance due to noise in isolation.
Patrizia Frei - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the association between road traffic noise exposure Annoyance and health related quality of life hrqol
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014Co-Authors: Harris Heritier, Mark Brink, Danielle Vienneau, Nicole Probsthensch, Patrizia Frei, Martin RoosliAbstract:The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between road traffic noise exposure, Annoyance caused by different noise sources and validated health indicators in a cohort of 1375 adults from the region of Basel, Switzerland. Road traffic noise exposure for each study participant was determined using modelling, and Annoyance from various noise sources was inquired by means of a four-point Likert scale. Regression parameters from multivariable regression models for the von Zerssen score of somatic symptoms (point symptom score increase per Annoyance category) showed strongest associations with Annoyance from industry noise (2.36, 95% CI: 1.54, 3.17), neighbour noise (1.62, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.06) and road traffic noise (1.53, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.96). Increase in modelled noise exposure by 10 dB(A) resulted in a von Zerssen symptom score increase of 0.47 (95% CI: −0.01, 0.95) units. Subsequent structural equation modelling revealed that the association between physical noise exposure and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is strongly mediated by Annoyance and sleep disturbance. This study elucidates the complex interplay of different factors for the association between physical noise exposure and HRQOL.
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effect of nocturnal road traffic noise exposure and Annoyance on objective and subjective sleep quality
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2014Co-Authors: Martin Roosli, Patrizia Frei, Evelyn MohlerAbstract:Various epidemiological studies have found an association between noise exposure and sleep quality, but the mediating role of Annoyance is unclear for this association.; To investigate the effects of both objectively modeled road traffic noise exposure as well as noise Annoyance on subjective and objective sleep quality measures.; 1375 randomly selected participants from Basel, Switzerland, were enrolled in a questionnaire survey in 2008 with follow-up one year later (1122 participants). We assessed sleep quality by using a standardized sleep disturbance score, as well as the level of Annoyance with road traffic noise at home. Objective sleep efficiency data was collected in a nested diary study by means of actigraphy from 119 subjects for 1551 nights. Residential nocturnal exposure to road traffic noise was modeled using validated models. Data were analyzed with random intercept mixed-effects regression models.; In the main study, self-reported sleep quality was strongly related to noise Annoyance (p for trend>0.001) but only moderately correlated with modeled noise exposure (p=0.07). In the nested diary study objectively measured sleep efficiency was not related to Annoyance (p=0.25) but correlated with modeled noise exposure (p=0.02). Strikingly, noise induced decreased sleep efficiency was even more significant for study participants who were not annoyed with traffic noise (p=0.001).; This study indicates that effects of nocturnal traffic noise on objective sleep quality are independent of perceived noise Annoyance, whereas the association between self-reported sleep quality and noise is mediated by noise Annoyance.
Daniel Shepherd - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the covariance between air pollution Annoyance and noise Annoyance and its relationship with health related quality of life
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016Co-Authors: Daniel Shepherd, David Welch, Kim N Dirks, David Mcbride, Jason LandonAbstract:Air pollution originating from road traffic is a known risk factor of respiratory and cardiovascular disease (both in terms of chronic and acute effects). While adverse effects on cardiovascular health have also been linked with noise (after controlling for air pollution), noise exposure has been commonly linked to sleep impairment and negative emotional reactions. Health is multi-faceted, both conceptually and operationally; Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is one of many measures capable of probing health. In this study, we examine pre-collected data from postal surveys probing HRQOL obtained from a variety of urban, suburban, and rural contexts across the North Island of New Zealand. Analyses focus on the covariance between air pollution Annoyance and noise Annoyances, and their independent and combined effects on HRQOL. Results indicate that the highest ratings of air pollution Annoyance and noise Annoyances were for residents living close to the motorway, while the lowest were for rural residents. Most of the city samples indicated no significant difference between air pollution- and noise-Annoyance ratings, and of all of the correlations between air pollution- and noise-Annoyance, the highest were found in the city samples. These findings suggest that Annoyance is driven by exposure to environmental factors and not personality characteristics. Analysis of HRQOL indicated that air pollution Annoyance predicts greater variability in the physical HRQOL domain while noise Annoyance predicts greater variability in the psychological, social and environmental domains. The lack of an interaction effect between air pollution Annoyance and noise Annoyance suggests that air pollution and noise impact on health independently. These results echo those obtained from objective measures of health and suggest that mitigation of traffic effects should address both air and noise pollution.
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road traffic noise and health related quality of life a cross sectional study
Noise & Health, 2013Co-Authors: David Welch, Daniel Shepherd, Kim N Dirks, David Mcbride, Samantha MarshAbstract:Evidence is emerging linking environmental noise to health problems. Noise can affect health directly and indirectly: For example, noise sensitivity moderates the effects of noise Annoyance, which in turn mediates the effects of noise exposure. An alternative hypothesis is that noise sensitivity marks the presence of susceptibility to health problems in general, including Annoyance from noise. Whether noise sensitivity causes poor health or whether it is a marker of susceptibility to health problems was addressed by comparing the results of a community-based survey of people with similar noise sensitivity profiles but different environmental noise exposures. A questionnaire was delivered to people living in two socio-economically-matched areas: One was within 50 m of a motorway and the other was away from any significant source of environmental noise. The questionnaire contained 58 questions comprised of the World Health Organization health-related quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL), and questions about amenity, neighborhood issues, environmental Annoyances, demographics, and noise sensitivity. Noise sensitivity did not vary with proximity to the motorway but Annoyance with traffic noise and fumes was greater in those living close to the motorway than in those who were not. Scores on the four WHOQOL domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental) were lower in those living close to the motorway, and the WHOQOL domain scores correlated negatively with noise sensitivity in those who lived near motorways but not in those who lived in the quieter areas. This suggests that noise sensitivity is related to poor health outcomes rather than being a trait marker of susceptibility to health problems in general.
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exploring the relationship between noise sensitivity Annoyance and health related quality of life in a sample of adults exposed to environmental noise
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2010Co-Authors: Daniel Shepherd, David Welch, Kim N Dirks, Renata MathewsAbstract:The relationship between environmental noise and health is poorly understood but of fundamental importance to public health. This study estimated the relationship between noise sensitivity, noise Annoyance and health-related quality of life in a sample of adults residing close to the Auckland International Airport, New Zealand. A small sample (n = 105) completed surveys measuring noise sensitivity, noise Annoyance, and quality of life. Noise sensitivity was associated with health-related quality of life; Annoyance and sleep disturbance mediated the effects of noise sensitivity on health.
Catherine Marquisfavre - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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short term noise Annoyance and electrodermal response as a function of sound pressure level cognitive task load and noise sensitivity
Noise & Health, 2020Co-Authors: Wolfgang Ellermeier, Florian Kattner, Ewald Klippenstein, Michael Kreis, Catherine MarquisfavreAbstract:Introduction: Two aspects of noise Annoyance were addressed in the present laboratory study: (1) the disturbance produced by vehicle pass-by noise while engaging in a challenging non-auditory task, and (2) the evaluative response elicited by the same sounds while imagining to relax at home in the absence of a primary activity. Methods and Material: In Experiment 1, N = 29 participants were exposed to short (3-6 s) pass-by recordings presented at graded levels between 50 and 70 dB(A). Concurrent with each sound presentation, they performed a visual multiple-object tracking task, and subsequently rated the Annoyance of the sounds on a VAS scale. In Experiment 2, N = 30 participants judged the sounds while imagining to relax, without such a cognitive task. Results and Discussion: Annoyance was reduced when participants were engaged in the cognitively demanding task, in Experiment 1. Furthermore, when occupied with the task, Annoyance slightly, but significantly increased with task load. Across both experiments, the magnitude of simultaneously recorded skin conductance responses in the first 1-4 s after the onset of stimulation increased significantly with sound pressure level. Annoyance ratings tended to be elevated across all sound levels, though significantly only in Experiment 2, in participants classified as noise sensitive based on a 52-item questionnaire. Conclusions: The results suggest that noise Annoyance depends on the primary activity the listener is engaged in. They demonstrate that phasic skin conductance responses may serve as an objective correlate of the degree of Annoyance experienced. Finally, noise sensitivity is once more shown to augment Annoyance ratings in an additive fashion.
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partial and total Annoyance due to road traffic noise combined with aircraft or railway noise structural equation analysis
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Kinche LamAbstract:Structural equation modeling was used to analyze partial and total in situ Annoyance in combined transportation noise situations. A psychophysical total Annoyance model and a perceptual total Annoyance model were proposed. Results show a high contribution of Noise exposure and Noise sensitivity to Noise Annoyance, as well as a causal relationship between noise Annoyance and lower Dwelling satisfaction. Moreover, the Visibility of noise source may increase noise Annoyance, even when the visible noise source is different from the annoying source under study. With regards to total Annoyance due to road traffic noise combined with railway or aircraft noise, even though in both situations road traffic noise may be considered background noise and the other noise source event noise, the contribution of road traffic noise to the models is greater than railway noise and smaller than aircraft noise. This finding may be explained by the difference in sound pressure levels between these two types of combined exposures or by the aircraft noise level, which may also indicate the city in which the respondents live. Finally, the results highlight the importance of sample size and variable distribution in the database, as different results can be observed depending on the sample or variables considered.
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structural equation modeling of partial and total Annoyances due to urban road traffic and aircraft noises
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Kinche LamAbstract:Data of a French in situ socio-acoustic survey were used to model partial Annoyance due to urban road traffic noise, partial Annoyance due to aircraft noise and total Annoyance due to these combined noises. Structural equation modeling carried out on the in situ data showed that long-term noise Annoyance depends on noise exposure but also on noise disturbance, dwelling satisfaction, visibility of a main road from the dwelling and noise sensitivity. Both noise exposure and noise sensitivity were introduced as independent variables in structural equation modeling of partial and total noise Annoyances. Their contributions to the models highlight the necessity to consider these two variables in Annoyance model prediction. Finally, in total noise Annoyance models, whereas partial Annoyance due to aircraft noise contributes to total noise Annoyance as much as partial road traffic Annoyance, aircraft noise exposure contributes to total noise Annoyance much more than road traffic noise. Several reasons may explai...
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noise sensitivity and loudness derivative index for urban road traffic noise Annoyance computation
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Reinhard WeberAbstract:Urban road traffic composed of powered-two-wheelers (PTWs), buses, heavy, and light vehicles is a major source of noise Annoyance. In order to assess Annoyance models considering different acoustical and non-acoustical factors, a laboratory experiment on short-term Annoyance due to urban road traffic noise was conducted. At the end of the experiment, participants were asked to rate their noise sensitivity and to describe the noise sequences they heard. This verbalization task highlights that Annoyance ratings are highly influenced by the presence of PTWs and by different acoustical features: noise intensity, irregular temporal amplitude variation, regular amplitude modulation, and spectral content. These features, except irregular temporal amplitude variation, are satisfactorily characterized by the loudness, the total energy of tonal components and the sputtering and nasal indices. Introduction of the temporal derivative of loudness allows successful modeling of perceived amplitude variations. Its contri...
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testing of the european union exposure response relationships and Annoyance equivalents model for Annoyance due to transportation noises the need of revised exposure response relationships and Annoyance equivalents model
Environment International, 2016Co-Authors: Laureanne Gille, Catherine Marquisfavre, Julien MorelAbstract:An in situ survey was performed in 8 French cities in 2012 to study the Annoyance due to combined transportation noises. As the European Commission recommends to use the exposure-response relationships suggested by Miedema and Oudshoorn [Environmental Health Perspective, 2001] to predict Annoyance due to single transportation noise, these exposure-response relationships were tested using the Annoyance due to each transportation noise measured during the French survey. These relationships only enabled a good prediction in terms of the percentages of people highly annoyed by road traffic noise. For the percentages of people annoyed and a little annoyed by road traffic noise, the quality of prediction is weak. For aircraft and railway noises, prediction of Annoyance is not satisfactory either. As a consequence, the Annoyance equivalents model of Miedema [The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004], based on these exposure-response relationships did not enable a good prediction of Annoyance due to combined transportation noises. Local exposure-response relationships were derived, following the whole computation suggested by Miedema and Oudshoorn [Environmental Health Perspective, 2001]. They led to a better calculation of Annoyance due to each transportation noise in the French cities. A new version of the Annoyance equivalents model was proposed using these new exposure-response relationships. This model enabled a better prediction of the total Annoyance due to the combined transportation noises. These results encourage therefore to improve the Annoyance prediction for noise in isolation with local or revised exposure-response relationships, which will also contribute to improve Annoyance modeling for combined noises. With this aim in mind, a methodology is proposed to consider noise sensitivity in exposure-response relationships and in the Annoyance equivalents model. The results showed that taking into account such variable did not enable to enhance both exposure-response relationships and the Annoyance equivalents model.