Evaluating the Consequences of Noise Pollution for the Health of Residents in the Apartments based on Electroencephalography

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D Candidate of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran (Corresponding Author).

3 Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

4 Assistant Profesoor of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

10.22034/aaud.2022.256096.2351

Abstract

The increasing population, the increase in pollution, and the following environmental issues have made fundamental problems for human beings’ quality of life and biological health. Noise pollution as one of the above-mentioned issues can have dangerous auditory and non-auditory effects on human health. The acoustic comfort in the residential space affects the residents’ health directly and indirectly at the three levels of physical, mental, and social health. Therefore, the current study aims to recognize and evaluate the effective architectural components in acoustic comfort in the apartments of Shiraz City as well as the adverse effects of environmental noise pollution and its consequences on the residents’ health in the living rooms of an apartment complex through electroencephalography. It is a qualitative-quantitative study and the data is collected and analyzed through a researcher-made questionnaire and brain imaging. To do so, the brain waves of samples are recorded using an EMOTIV EPOC 14-channel EEG headset and after recording the EEG signals, the obtained data are analyzed by the NeuroGuide Software, and the brain activity oscillations of the samples were compared to normal database. The results obtained from the current study indicate that outdoor noise pollution is the first distorting factor of acoustic comfort with the three sub-components of the source, propagation path, and noise-receiving location. Also, the results indicate that if the background noise level increases from 40 (Iranian National Building Code for Living Room) to 53dB, it would lead to a change in concentration, attentional bias and distortion in the emotional and cognitive organization of the individuals. Therefore, noise control in the initial phases of planning, ideation, and design can reduce the above-mentioned problems to some extent.

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Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development
Volume 15, Issue 39
September 2022
Pages 41-59

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  • Receive Date: 13 November 2020
  • Revise Date: 01 November 2021
  • Accept Date: 08 January 2022

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