Noisy neighbors upstairs? Efforts are underway to protect your health from 'impact sounds': new study
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A study shared in Nashville at an Acoustical Society of America meeting found that "jolting" sounds made by people walking barefoot in apartments aren't considered in building codes — and should be.
A new study suggests that the "jolting" sounds created when someone walks barefoot in an apartment directly upstairs aren't included in current standardized performance metric requirements of existing building codes, compared to other "impact sounds." "People reported that impact sounds from neighbors had an effect on their ability to work from home." "The goal was to provide a realistic acoustical environment for the study." To increase the sample size, the research group created an online listening survey, which began on Nov. 21, 2022, and will run until March 31, 2023. "Our research will provide scientific data needed to help motivate and inform code development standing committees to propose a potential change …"
That's according to preliminary research presented in December at the 183rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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