Category: Health Benefits

Everyday noise is insidious and the health risks of low level noise stress are a serious concern in society. Our stress response now takes persistent beating by the cacophony of sounds created by modern civilization. Scientists are becoming concerned that chronic exposure to low-level noise may lead to persistent increases in stress hormone levels and blood…

FAA’s “Land Use Planning Initiative” is closely associated with these noise programs. The initiative is a commitment by FAA to provide state airport sponsors, land use jurisdictional agencies, and FAA staff with up-to-date guidance on improving airport land use compatibility and planning. The toolkit contains this guidance. Click Here

Effects of military noise on wildlife: a literature review http://nhsbig.inhs.uiuc.edu/bioacoustics/noise_and_wildlife.pdf "Effects on wildlife of noise associated with military training activities, especially vehicle noise, artillery, small-arms and other blast noise, and helicopter noise, are reviewed, but not effects on aquatic animals and effects of fixed-wing aircraft engine noise and sonic booms. Because..." Soundproof your home today!

Noise Effects: Sleep Disturbance http://www.nonoise.org/library/handbook/handbook.htm#SLEEP DISTURBANCE “Noise, of course, can make it difficult to fall asleep. Noise levels can create momentary disturbances of natural sleep patterns by causing shifts from deep to lighter stages. Noise may even cause awakening which the person may or may not be able to recall…”

Cause and Effects of Noise Pollution http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/sustain/global/sensem/S98/Nunez/Noise.html “Almost everyone has had one experience of being temporarily “deafened” by a loud noise. This “deafness” in not permanent, although it is often accompanied by a ringing in the ears, and one can hear another person if he raises his voice. Likewise, normal hearing comes back within a…

Loud Noise during Pregnancy http://socnw.org/pdf/noise%20effects%20on%20unborn.pdf “Researchers have established a possible link between the stress of women during pregnancy and embryo development, in particular fetal growth retardation, low birth weight, premature births, possible birth defects, and a higher risk of the baby developing cardiovascular or metabolic diseases later in life…”

Children’s Health and the Environment http://www.who.int/ceh/capacity/noise.pdf “It is logical to consider certain subgroups of children (since conception) to be particularly at risk for harm from excess noise exposure. These include the fetus, babies and very young infants born preterm, with low birth weight or small for gestational …”

Just How Bad Is Noise Pollution for Our Health? http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/05/just-how-bad-noise-pollution-our-health/2008/ “About two decades ago, my friend Bob – a mover and shaker of sorts in the art world – took me to an artist’s studio in a (then, at least) scruffy area of lower Manhattan. The artist we were meeting, whose name I have long…

Aircraft and road traffic noise and children’s cognition and health: a cross-national study http://www.teamsofangels.org/publication/medical_journal_articles/Noise.pdf “Exposure to environmental stressors can impair children’s health and their cognitive development. The effects of air pollution, lead, and chemicals have been studied, but there has been less emphasis on the effects of noise. Our aim, therefore, was to assess the…

Noise Effect on Wildlife http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/noise/noise_effect_on_wildlife/effects/index.cfm “This report contains a summary of ongoing work on the effects of noise on wildlife populations to date. It will hopefully provide some indication of the current state of knowledge in the area – particularly with respect to studies of birds that have spurred increased discussion of the subject. No…