The effects of noise disruption on sleep disturbance

This study was designed to assess the impacts of noise disturbance on sleep and physiology, and comprised several parts: An in-lab pilot study to assess the effects of 20 second and 3 minute noise exposures during sleep in healthy sleepers, with hearing data and subjective and objective sleep data (n = 25) Computer assisted telephone interview (survey) of individuals living in proximity to rural wind farms, residents close to busy urban roads, or those in quiet rural areas (n = 542) Multi-day field study recording sleep and acoustic characteristics in individual residences close to wind farms (n = 27) In laboratory multi-day study (n = 68), with individuals reporting either: wind farm noise exposed with subjective sleep disruption, proximity to a wind farm but no subjective sleep disturbance, proximity to a busy road with subjective sleep disturbance, and comparator population from quiet rural locations. Participants had an acclimation night in the sleep laboratory and were then exposed to various sound conditions during sleep on the following nights. Recordings include subjective and objective sleep and hearing data, and various questionnaires at multiple timepoints. Please note the due to ethical considerations and the impracticality of de-identification, individual participant data is not able to be released for some items, and only summary or aggregate data will be reported and available for sharing.