NOISE IS DEFINED AS UNWANTED SOUND AND MAY BE DUE TO FREQUENCY OF SOUND OR INTENSITY OF SOUND OR BOTH. NOISE DUE TO HIGH FREQUENCY IS MORE UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNWANTED AS COMPARED TO LOW FREQUENCY SOUND.
OUTDOOR NOISE
NOISES WHICH HAVE THEIR SOURCE OR ORIGIN OUTSIDE THE ROOM OR BUILDING SUCH AS ROAD TRAFFIC RAILWAYS AEROPLANES LOUD SPEAKER MOVING MACHINERY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
NOISES WHICH HAVE THEIR SOURCE OF ORIGIN INSIDE A ROOM OR BUILDING SUCH AS
CONVERSATION OF OCCUPANTS FOOT STEPS BANGING OF DOOR SHIFTING OF FURNITURE OPERATION OF THE CISTERN WORKING OF TYPEWRITERS PLAYING OF RADIOS
INDOOR NOISE
TRANSMISSION OF NOISE
NOISE IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FOLLOWING THREE WAYS: THROUGH THE AIR BY THE VIBRATION OF STUCTURAL MEMBERS THROUGH THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
STRUCTURES VIBRATE LIKE DIAPHRAMS RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF SOUND WAVES ON THE OTHER SIDE.