AES-X248: (D248) Assessment of Acoustic Annoyance

Project scope: This effort identifies practices for estimation of annoyance of man-made sounds in the presence of background sounds, for automotive/aircraft, consumer, professional and land use planning applications. It includes intentionally generated sounds such as music and sporting events, and unintentional sound such as transportation system noise. It is to include auditory masking, not only integrated sound pressure. It considers relative disturbance but does not set thresholds for acceptability. It does not consider health impacts of sound.
Assigned to: SC-04-09, Status: start work on an information document surveying the existing standards and tools available
Intent: Report, Initiated: 2018, Target: 2025
Current goal: Draft, Goal date: 2024