Community Response to High-Energy Impulsive Sounds: An Assessment of the Field Since 1981 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- DEFINITION OF HIGH-ENERGY IMPULSIVE SOUNDS -- ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, AND DEFINITIONS OF ACOUSTIC TERMS -- BACKGROUND -- 2 Recent Findings -- SOCIAL SURVEY FINDINGS -- LABORATORY AND CONTROLLED-EXPOSURE FIELD STUDIES -- Studies Finding a Greater Rate of Increase in Annoyance for Impulsive Sounds -- Studies Finding Little or No Difference in Rate of Increase in Annoyance Between Impulsive and Nonimpulsive Sounds -- EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION -- Variability in Social Survey Findings -- Findings of Controlled-Exposure Studies -- Summary of the Findings of Controlled-Exposure Studies -- 3 Development of a Dosage-Response Relationship -- LIMITATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING -- PURPOSE AND APPROACH TO PREDICTION -- CHOICE OF METRICS -- CHOICE OF FREQUENCY WEIGHTING AND INTEGRATION METHOD -- Frequency Weighting -- Integration Method -- POSSIBLE FITTING FUNCTIONS -- Adaptation of Green and Fidell (1991) Model -- Level-Dependent Summation Approach -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations -- DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH -- Greater Precision in Measurement of Noise Exposure -- Improved Study Designs -- FURTHER ANALYTIC EFFORTS -- Appendices -- APPENDIX A Interepretations of Findings of Controlled-Exposure and Social Survey Studies -- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STUDY TYPES -- DIFFICULTIES IN LINKING OF LABORATORY AND FIELD DATA -- APPENDIX B Reanalysis of Noise Exposure Estimates -- FT. BRAGG AND FT. LEWIS DATA -- DATA TABULATION -- APPENDIX C Glossary -- ADDITIONAL TERMS -- References.