Seeing a noise source raises the annoyance it causes.

Evidence

In a study conducted on the form of noise barriers, the more pleasant barriers were considered a minor annoyance that was attributed to the noise traffic. After this example it seems reasonable to predict that seeing wind turbines and hearing their noise should produce the highest rate of annoyance, but if the wind turbines are evaluated positively by a social assessment, the annoyance should decrease. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1426

Categorization

• XREF: Ties into ch22’s finding that visual landscape context modulates how sounds are judged — audiovisual integration again. — connects to: Landscape appreciation modulates how much noise annoys listeners — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 957; Expecting aircraft noise reduces how annoying visitors find it — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 2339; Identifying a sound source can shift annoyance independent of loudness — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1866

Broader Connections

• Expecting aircraft noise reduces how annoying visitors find it #exemplifies (0.95) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 2339
• Identifying a sound source can shift annoyance independent of loudness #qualifies (0.82) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1866