WIND TURBINE NOISE and PROFESSIONAL ETHICS. Paul Schomer, May 2015: "The Acoustical Society of America has created a public policy position relative to the acoustic emissions from wind turbines. This position calls for research that definitively will show if problems exist, and if so, who is affected, how are they affected, and why. Much of the research to date is based on assumptions, frequently contrary to fact or unproven. That is not the kind of research that the ASA desires. The money spent on this questionable research should have been directed towards definitive research such as that envisioned by ASA. This paper talks about some of the previous research and elucidates on their assumptions with the purpose of preventing mistaken test designs like these in the future, and with the purpose of improving the research program to be developed by ASA."

WIND TURBINES SHUT DOWN. The only reliable noise control option for wind turbines once operating and compalints lodged. "If an evidential basis for a solution, or combination of solutions, had been put forward by the defendants, that could have avoided the full shutdown of the turbines, he said."

NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT: Ethically conducted investigations must consider householder accounts of audible tones as authentic, and investigate accordingly even if the investigator doesn't hear the tones. (The investigator's hearing may be in the upper 2/3 of the population hearing theshold distribution and due to poor sensitivity, would not hear what the householder hears).