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If high aircraft noise exposure increases heart attack risks, what do we do about it? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Is high aircraft noise exposure actually dangerous to people’s health? Is there a good way of identifying ‘significant danger’? What are the policy implications for government and airport operators of people being exposed to significant danger?
Brooker, Peter
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Finding a good aircraft noise annoyance curve. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The aim has been to find a good aircraft noise annoyance Dose-Response curve, using practical and robust techniques with the minimum of modelling assumptions.
Brooker, Peter
core   +7 more sources

Dental drill noise reduction using a combination of active noise control, passive noise control and adaptive filtering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Dental drills produce a characteristic high frequency, narrow band noise that is uncomfortable for patients and is also known to be harmful to dentists under prolonged exposure. It is therefore desirable to protect the patient and dentist whilst allowing
Kaymak, E   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

Development and initial validation of the Chinese Version of the Noise Exposure Questionnaire (C-NEQ)

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background With a high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), the noise survey tools for identifying individuals with high risk of NIHL are still limited.
Kun Han   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of tinnitus in noise-exposed workers and its influencing factors

open access: yes环境与职业医学, 2023
Background Tinnitus is a common symptom in workers exposed to noise, and no specific treatment is available yet. Paying attention to the influencing factors of tinnitus is very important to prevent tinnitus.
Jianying ZHENG, Jinghan ZHU, Xuhui ZHANG
doaj   +1 more source

The epidemiology of noise exposure in the Australian workforce

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2013
This work considers an alternate methodology for the estimation of the noise exposed population of the Australian workforce. Previous methods relied on the statistics from the annual rate of application for worker′s hearing loss compensation claims, the ...
Warwick Williams
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an open-source road traffic noise model for exposure assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper describes the development of a model for assessing TRAffic Noise EXposure (TRANEX) in an open-source geographic information system. Instead of using proprietary software we developed our own model for two main reasons: 1) so that the treatment
Beevers, Sean   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Clubbing: The cumulative effect of noise exposure from attendance at dance clubs and night clubs on whole-of-life noise exposure

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2010
Anecdotally it has been suggested that exposure to some noise sources through leisure activities could have a significant effect on whole-of-life noise exposure.
W Williams, E F Beach, M Gilliver
doaj   +1 more source

Noise exposure and public health.

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2000
Exposure to noise constitutes a health risk. There is sufficient scientific evidence that noise exposure can induce hearing impairment, hypertension and ischemic heart disease, annoyance, sleep disturbance, and decreased school performance. For other effects such as changes in the immune system and birth defects, the evidence is limited.
Passchier-Vermeer, W., Passchier, W.F.
openaire   +3 more sources

Association between occupational or environmental noise exposure and renal function among middle-aged and older Korean adults: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Exposure to occupational and environmental noise is closely linked to various auditory system diseases. Few studies have focused on the effect of noise exposure on the extra auditory system, especially the urinary system.
You Jin Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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