The present study compared self-reports of everyday errors given by subjects who lived in an area with a high level of aircraft noise with those of a similar group who lived in an area with a low level of aircraft noise. The subjects were further subdivided into those who considered themselves to be highly sensitive to noise and those who had a lower level of noise sensitivity. The high aircraft noise group reported a higher frequency of occurrence of everyday errors and so did the noise sensitive subjects. However, there was no interaction between noise sensitivity and the level of aircraft noise.
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