Comment on Gjestland, T. A Systematic Review of the Basis for WHO’s New Recommendation for Limiting Aircraft Noise Annoyance. Int. J. Env. Res. Pub. Health 2018, 15, 2717

Rainer Guski, Dirk Schreckenberg, Rudolf Schuemer, Mark Brink and Stephen A. Stansfeld
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Rainer Guski: Ruhr-University Bochum, Psychology Department, 44801 Bochum, Germany
Dirk Schreckenberg: ZEUS GmbH, Zentrum für Angewandte Psychologie, Umwelt- und Sozialforschung, Sennbrink 46, 58093 Hagen, Germany
Rudolf Schuemer: Independent Researcher, 58095 Hagen, Germany
Mark Brink: Federal Office for the Environment, 3003 Bern, Switzerland
Stephen A. Stansfeld: Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-6

Abstract: In his recent discussion paper in this journal, Truls Gjestland attempts a “systematic review”, as he calls it, of the evidence base for aircraft noise annoyance, consolidated in a meta-analysis by Guski et al. that informed the recommended guideline value of 45 dB L den in the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) Environmental Noise Guidelines. He questions the validity of the presented evidence, as “some of the referenced studies have not been conducted according to standardized methods, and the selection of respondents is not representative of the general airport population.” Gjestland maintains that the new WHO Guidelines are based on a questionable selection of existing aircraft noise studies. Our reply comments on the arguments of Gjestland and refutes most of his critique.

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