Print Email Facebook Twitter Being in Control of Noise Levels Improves the Perception of Airplane Seat Comfort Title Being in Control of Noise Levels Improves the Perception of Airplane Seat Comfort Author Bouwens, J.M.A. (TU Delft Applied Ergonomics and Design; ZODIAC Seats US Division) Fasulo, L. (Università Degli Studi di Salerno) Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, S. (TU Delft Responsible Marketing and Consumer Behavior) Schultheis, U. (ZODIAC Seats US Division) Naddeo, Alessandro (Università Degli Studi di Salerno) Vink, P. (TU Delft Emerging Materials) Date 2022 Abstract The aviation industry is constantly making compromises when designing comfortable airplane cabins. Providing passengers with a pleasant acoustic environment without adding weight to the cabin structure is a field of tension that challenges cabin interior designers. The aim of this study was to investigate whether noise levels affect the comfort and physical discomfort experienced by airplane passengers, and whether control influences comfort perception. To this end, 30 participants experienced three conditions (silence, aircraft engine noise at 75 dB, and the same noise with the ability to use earplugs), and comfort and discomfort were measured using a questionnaire. It was concluded that aircraft engine noise negatively affected the airplane passengers’ comfort experiences. Having the ability to control this noisy environment with earplugs resulted in the lowest reported physical discomfort. Subject aircraft cabin noisePassenger ComfortDiscomfortAirplane seatcontrol To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0c61f2cf-4ecf-4247-95eb-ca5846d4879f DOI https://doi.org/10.1027/2192-0923/a000169 Embargo date 2022-06-28 ISSN 2192-0923 Source Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 12 (1), 3-11 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 J.M.A. Bouwens, L. Fasulo, S. Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, U. Schultheis, Alessandro Naddeo, P. Vink Files PDF 2192_0923_a000169.pdf 1.85 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0c61f2cf-4ecf-4247-95eb-ca5846d4879f/datastream/OBJ/view