NIGHT-TIME AIRCRAFT NOISE AND SLEEP - THE 1999 UK TRIAL METHODOLOGY STUDY USING BOTH FIELD AND LABORATORY METHODS

The 1999 UK Trial Methodology Study was commissioned by the UK Government to assist it in arriving at an informed decision on whether or not to proceed to a full-scale sleep study. The trial methodology study addressed the feasibility of studying differences in 'shoulder hours' noise exposure by using a combined field and laboratory method, it investigated possible differences in sleep patterns between 'high' and 'lower' aircraft noise exposed communities, and it looked at self-reported noise sensitive people. There were a number of interesting findings which indicate the potential of the combined field and laboratory method. For the covering abstract see ITRD E107776.