Beat Schäffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 7866442 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beat Schäffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beat |
| FAMILY NAME | Schäffer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAFFER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1805-4117 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The role of greenness and road traffic noise for psychological restoration in everyday environments. A participatory mapping approach
Feeling of being in nature facilitates psychological restoration. • Greenness and traffic noise exposure affect the feeling of being in nature. • Noise annoyance impedes psychological restoration at home. • Combined perception-based survey and GIS data explain psychological restoration. Greenness and noise are important environmental determinants of human health. The rapid urbanization and population growth have intensified the densification of u…
Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure
ISRCTN48943261 ; Registered 23.11.2023
How Do Road Traffic Noise and Residential Greenness Correlate with Noise Annoyance and Long-Term Stress? Protocol and Pilot Study for a Large Field Survey with a Cross-Sectional Design
Urban areas are continuously growing, and densification is a frequent strategy to limit urban expansion. This generally entails a loss of green spaces (GSs) and an increase in noise pollution, which has negative effects on health. Within the research project RESTORE (Restorative potential of green spaces in noise-polluted environments), an extended cross-sectional field study in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, is conducted. The aim is to assess …
Does the Macro-Temporal Pattern of Road Traffic Noise Affect Noise Annoyance and Cognitive Performance
Noise annoyance is usually estimated based on time-averaged noise metrics. However, such metrics ignore other potentially important acoustic characteristics, in particular the macro-temporal pattern of sounds as constituted by quiet periods (noise breaks). Little is known to date about its effect on noise annoyance and cognitive performance, e.g., during work. This study investigated how the macro-temporal pattern of road traffic noise affects sh…
Individual Aircraft Noise Exposure Assessment for a Case-Crossover Study in Switzerland
Accurate exposure assessment is essential in environmental epidemiological studies. This is especially true for aircraft noise, which is characterized by a high spatial and temporal variation. We propose a method to assess individual aircraft noise exposure for a case-crossover study investigating the acute effects of aircraft noise on cardiovascular deaths. We identified all cases of cardiovascular death (24,886) occurring near Zürich airport, S…
Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance from Road, Rail and Aircraft Noise
This survey investigates the cross-sectional association between nighttime road, rail and aircraft noise exposure and the probability to be highly sleep disturbed (%HSD), as measured by self-report in postal and online questionnaires. As part of the Swiss SiRENE study, a total of 5592 survey participants in the entire country were selected based on a stratified random sample of their dwelling. Self-reported sleep disturbance was measured using an…
Effects of Different Spectral Shapes and Amplitude Modulation of Broadband Noise on Annoyance Reactions in a Controlled Listening Experiment
Environmental noise from transportation or industrial infrastructure typically has a broad frequency range. Different sources may have disparate acoustical characteristics, which may in turn affect noise annoyance. However, knowledge of the relative contribution of the different acoustical characteristics of broadband noise to annoyance is still scarce. In this study, the subjectively perceived short-term (acute) annoyance reactions to different …
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Effects of Different Spectral Shapes and Amplitude Modulation of Broadband Noise on Annoyance Reactions in a Controlled Listening Experiment
Environmental noise from transportation or industrial infrastructure typically has a broad frequency range. Different sources may have disparate acoustical characteristics, which may in turn affect noise annoyance. However, knowledge of the relative contribution of the different acoustical characteristics of broadband noise to annoyance is still scarce. In this study, the subjectively perceived short-term (acute) annoyance reactions to different …
Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance from Road, Rail and Aircraft Noise
This survey investigates the cross-sectional association between nighttime road, rail and aircraft noise exposure and the probability to be highly sleep disturbed (%HSD), as measured by self-report in postal and online questionnaires. As part of the Swiss SiRENE study, a total of 5592 survey participants in the entire country were selected based on a stratified random sample of their dwelling. Self-reported sleep disturbance was measured using an…
Individual Aircraft Noise Exposure Assessment for a Case-Crossover Study in Switzerland
Accurate exposure assessment is essential in environmental epidemiological studies. This is especially true for aircraft noise, which is characterized by a high spatial and temporal variation. We propose a method to assess individual aircraft noise exposure for a case-crossover study investigating the acute effects of aircraft noise on cardiovascular deaths. We identified all cases of cardiovascular death (24,886) occurring near Zürich airport, S…
Does the Macro-Temporal Pattern of Road Traffic Noise Affect Noise Annoyance and Cognitive Performance
Noise annoyance is usually estimated based on time-averaged noise metrics. However, such metrics ignore other potentially important acoustic characteristics, in particular the macro-temporal pattern of sounds as constituted by quiet periods (noise breaks). Little is known to date about its effect on noise annoyance and cognitive performance, e.g., during work. This study investigated how the macro-temporal pattern of road traffic noise affects sh…
How Do Road Traffic Noise and Residential Greenness Correlate with Noise Annoyance and Long-Term Stress? Protocol and Pilot Study for a Large Field Survey with a Cross-Sectional Design
Urban areas are continuously growing, and densification is a frequent strategy to limit urban expansion. This generally entails a loss of green spaces (GSs) and an increase in noise pollution, which has negative effects on health. Within the research project RESTORE (Restorative potential of green spaces in noise-polluted environments), an extended cross-sectional field study in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, is conducted. The aim is to assess …
Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure
ISRCTN48943261 ; Registered 23.11.2023
The role of greenness and road traffic noise for psychological restoration in everyday environments. A participatory mapping approach
Feeling of being in nature facilitates psychological restoration. • Greenness and traffic noise exposure affect the feeling of being in nature. • Noise annoyance impedes psychological restoration at home. • Combined perception-based survey and GIS data explain psychological restoration. Greenness and noise are important environmental determinants of human health. The rapid urbanization and population growth have intensified the densification of u…
Computer Science (7 works) · Noise Effects and Management (7 works) · Noise (video (6 works) · Noise reduction (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Audiology (4 works) · Traffic noise (4 works) · Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control (4 works)