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@PHDTHESIS{Loh:1013571,
author = {Loh, Karin},
othercontributors = {Fels, Janina and Persson-Waye, Kerstin},
title = {{N}oise exposure in pre- and primary schools: exploring
noise effects on young children},
school = {Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Aachen},
publisher = {RWTH Aachen University},
reportid = {RWTH-2025-05615},
series = {Aachener Beiträge zur Hörtechnik und Akustik},
pages = {1 Online-Ressource : Illustrationen},
year = {2025},
note = {Veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen
University; Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
Hochschule Aachen, 2025},
abstract = {As the awareness of health effects caused by noise has
grown in recent years, so has the importance of studying
noise in educational buildings. This dissertation focuses
specifically on the impact of noise on young children in
educational buildings from a children’s perspective, a
topic that has not been extensively explored. Previous
research indicated that noise can significantly impact
children’s performance and cognition, making this a
crucial area of study. However, noise in educational
buildings is complex, involving internal background noise,
individual distracting sound incidences, external sources,
and noise generated by children during activities.
Communication in such environments resembles the
cocktail-party effect. Focusing on children’s perspective
in these complex acoustic environments, there is limited
research on the perceptual and cognitive differences between
children and adults regarding noise, and whether adult-based
insights apply to children remains uncertain. The
dissertation has two primary aims: 1.) addressing the
complexity of noise in educational buildings, and 2.)
examining noise effects on young children in controlled
listening experiments. For the first aim, children’s
perspectives are integrated by assessing noise scenes
through room acoustics and in-situ measurements using head
and torso simulators of different anthropometric sizes.
Frequency-dependent measures (e.g., psychoacoustic
parameters) and their relation to subjective noise ratings
by children and adults are explored. Furthermore, the impact
of different activities on noise levels is investigated. For
the second aim, a child-appropriate listening experiment
framework is developed to study young children’s cognitive
performance, focusing on auditory selective attention in
realistic noisy environments. This includes creating and
validating a paradigm suited for children, investigating age
effects in children aged three to six, and examining noise
effects on cognition and physical stress through changes in
heart rate variability.},
cin = {613610},
ddc = {621.3},
cid = {$I:(DE-82)613610_20201204$},
pnm = {Equal-Life - Early Environmental quality and life-course
mental health effects (874724) / GRK 2416 - GRK 2416:
MultiSenses-MultiScales: Neue Ansätze zur Aufklärung
neuronaler multisensorischer Integration (368482240) /
OPSF404 - Selektive auditive Aufmerksamkeit bei Kindern im
Vor- und Grundschulalter ? Entwicklung eines kindgerechten
Aufmerksamkeitsparadigmas (ZUK2-SF-OPSF404) / Exploratory
Research Space: Seed Fund (2) als Anschubfinanzierung zur
Erforschung neuer interdisziplinärer Ideen /
Zukunftskonzept der RWTH Aachen University im Rahmen der
zweiten Exzellenzinitiative},
pid = {G:(EU-Grant)874724 / G:(GEPRIS)368482240 /
G:(DE-82)ZUK2-SF-OPSF404 / G:(DE-82)ZUK2-SF / G:(DE-82)ZUK2},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11 / PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
doi = {10.18154/RWTH-2025-05615},
url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/1013571},
}
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