impact of aircraft noise on residents around Cairo international airport

ABSTRACT

This work presented a pilot survey for studying the impact of aircraft noise in two selected sites around Cairo International Airport on residents as expressed by their degree of annoyance. Along with this subjective response, measurements of the heart rate and the arterial blood pressure were carried out. These parameters were compared in the aircraft noise exposed residents and a control group.The relationbetween noise level and the proportion of residents expressing annoyance was also studied