If you know your Enneagram Centre and Type and can spare ten minutes to fill in and return the questionnaire below the author would be most grateful. He hopes to confirm and consolidate the research findings reported on another page between Enneagram Centre and Type and sensitivity to annoyance by Noise
Instructions for completing and returning this questionnaire are given below
Centre: Head ....Heart ....Gut.... please mark one centre
Type: 1 ... 2.... 3.... 4.... 5.... 6.... 7.... 8.... 9... please mark one type
only
Predominant Wing ………
Name ………………Age…….Male.... Female.....
Please mark which statement most applies to you.
1) Is the area in which you live; Rural...., Suburban...., Urban....,
Busy Urban.....
2) What do you most dislike about the area in which you live?
1.The neighbours, 2.Lack of public transport, 3. Litter, 4. Noise, 5.Overcrowding,
6. the Local Authority,7. Something else (please name), 8. Nothing.
Place the above in ranking order
Most dislike .........
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Least dislike ..........
3) How would you rate noise in general ?
Quiet...., Noticeable...., Intrusive...., Annoying....,
Very annoying...., Unbearable.....
4) Do you consider you are: Less sensitive...., Average....,
More sensitive....,
to noise than your contemporaries ?
5) Do you consider your hearing is : Less acute...., About the same....,
More
acute..., Very much more acute...,
than that of your contemporaries?
6) Does noise bother you ?
Not at all..., A little..., Fairly often..., Frequently ..., All the time....
7) When does noise bother you?
At work..., Travelling..., At home:daytime..., At home:sleeping.. ..,
other activity (please name)..................................................................;Not
at all.....
8) What noise most disturbs you?
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9) Do you think the Government pays:
Too little attention...., Enough attention...., Too much attention... ,
to controlling noise in the environment ?
10) Has there been or is there some particular noise which
distresses you? Yes..., No....
11) What is this noise?
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12) Is the noise present :
Weekdays...., Evenings...., Weekends..., Night time....,
All the time ....?
13) How would you rate this particular noise ?
Quiet...., Noticeable...., Intrusive...., Annoying....,
Very annoying ..., Unbearable.....
14) Has this noise caused:
Headaches..., Depression..., Irritability..., Loss of sleep...,
Ill health...., Got on your nerves...., Feel like physically attacking those
making the noise...., To feel you were being deliberately annoyed ...., To move
house(or job if Applicable)...., To ask GP for tranquillisers...., To ask for
sleeping tablets...., Use ear plugs to get to sleep...., Anything else (please
name)?.......................................................
15) How was your health affected (if applicable)?
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16) Do the tranquillisers help (if applicable)?
Yes...., No.....
17) Do the sleeping tablets help ( if applicable)?
Not at all...., A little...., A moderate amount...., A good deal.....
18) Are there any other comments you wish to make about the particular noise
and its effects upon you?
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Thank you for your kindness and for your cooperation in taking part in this
survey.
Michael Bryan
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