A method of acoustically attenuating noises of structure-borne origin in
an article of manufacture by installing a laminated window having a glass
sheet and an intermediate film, where the film has a loss factor tan
.delta. greater than 0.6 and a shear modulus G' smaller than
2.times.10.sup.7 N/m.sup.2 in a temperature range between 10 and
60.degree. C. and in a frequency range between 50 and 10,000 Hz.