Exposure to noise constitutes a health risk. There is sufficient scientific evidence
that aircraft noise exposure can induce hearing impairment, hypertension and ischemic
heart disease, annoyance, sleep disturbance, and decreased school performance. The aims
of the research is to find out the effect of the aircraft noise level to the General Reaction
Score of women in the area of Adi Sumarmo Airport of Boyolali.The research finding is
expected to contribute to the science development and to give benefits for local government
and among people in the Area of Adi Sumarmo Airport in preventing the effect of aircraft
noise. The research design was an analytical survey with a cross sectional approach,
taking location at the Dibal and Gagak Sipat Village, Ngemplak Sub district, Boyolali
District. The research was conducted from July 2008 to October 2008. The number of
respondens was 39. They were divided into 3 groups; Group 1 was exposed 92.29dB of
noise level (13 respondents); Group 2 was exposed 71.79 dB of noise level (13 respondents);
and Group 3 was exposed 52.17 dB of noise level (13 respondents). The samples
were taken using simple random sampling. The data were analyzed by Anova followed by
Post Hoc Test using LSD test completed with Homogenous Subsets. Based on the results
of the analysis, a conclusion was drawn that there was a significant effect of the aircraft
noise level to the difference of General Reaction Score of women in the area of Adi Sumarmo
Airport of Boyolali (p < 0,05)
