A standard proposal for rating airborne sound insulation in buildings [ISO 16717-1 (2012)] defines the reference noise spectra. Since their shapes influence the calculated values of single-number descriptors, reference spectra should approximate well typical noise spectra in buildings. There is, however, very little data in the existing literature on a typical noise spectrum in dwellings. A spectral analysis of common noise sources in dwellings is presented in this paper, as a result of an extensive monitoring of various noisy household activities. Apart from music with strong bass content, the proposed “living” reference spectrum overestimates noise levels at low frequencies.
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Mašović, D. B., Pavlović, D. S. Š., & Mijić, M. M. (2013). On the suitability of ISO 16717-1 reference spectra for rating airborne sound insulation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(5), EL420–EL425. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4824629
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