Community response to blasting.
Annoyance due to chronic exposure to blast noise and vibration was assessed in residential areas near two surface mines and a quarry. It was found possible to base useful prediction of the prevalence of high annoyance on a metric of outdoor ground vibration related to high centiles of the long term distribution of exposure levels.
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005107:Explosions; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires