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"Noise" - "The Phantom Tollbooth"
"Heavy decibels are playing on my guitar
We got vibrations coming up from the floor
We're just listening to the rock that's giving too much noise
Are you deaf? - You want to hear some more?" - AC/DC
Noise Pollution has been going on for well over a century. Since the industrial revolution at work, and everyday - from weedwackers
and lawn mowers to dirt bikes and motorcycles, to cars, busses, and trucks; our ears have taken the brunt of the decibels,
making us lose our hearing, sometimes slowly, sometimes completely in a matter of two months.
Other terms used for "Noise Pollution" are, "Aural Pollution" and "Traffic Pollution."
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
☸ Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.
☸ Men are almost twice as likely as women to have hearing loss among adults aged 20-69.
☸ One in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older
has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard hearing examinations.
☸ Roughly 10 percent of the U.S. adult population, or about 25 million Americans, has experienced tinnitus lasting
at least five minutes in the past year.
☸ As of December 2019, approximately 736,900 cochlear implants have been implanted worldwide. In the United
States, roughly 118,100 devices have been implanted in adults and 65,000 in children.
☸ 5 out of 6 children experience an ear infection (otitis media) by the time they are 3 years
old.
Clean Air Act Title IV - Noise Pollution - Environmental Protection Agency
"Decibel Hell: The Effects of Living in a Noisy World" - Environmental Health Perspectives | NIH (2005)
WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF NOISE?
CONTINUOUS NOISE = Loud sound that is produced - running without interruption. For example: by machinery, anything that
a generator is used for, especially lights, floodlights.... night construction... ENTIRELY MAN-MADE.
INTERMITTENT NOISE = A mix of relatively quiet and noisy periods. Power tools and mowers are often used this way. "Surprise!"
sound. ENTIRELY MAN-MADE.
IMPULSIVE NOISE = IMPACT NOISE = Very short burst of loud noise which lasts for less than one second. ENTIRELY MAN-MADE.
LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE = Usually continuous sound that is often not as much heard as felt through vibrations. Affects health
of all animals, including human beings. ENTIRELY MAN-MADE.
"Low frequency noise, the frequency range from about 10 Hz to 200 Hz, has been recognized as a special environmental
noise problem, particularly to sensitive people in their homes. Conventional methods of assessing annoyance, typically based
on A-weighted equivalent level, are inadequate for low frequency noise <U>and lead to incorrect decisions by regulatory
authorities</U>."
"Explanation for Suffering From Low-Frequency Sound: A Biophysical approach" - Geluid Journal {Sound} (2013)
| THE NOISE AND NOISE CONTROL ACT OF 1972 |
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| THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
"The Noise and Noise Control Act" (1972) - The United States Environmental Protection Agency
| "HOW DO WE HEAR?" |
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| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - National Institute of Health |
"Journey of Sound to the Brain" - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) (NIH)
"Listen Up! Listen Up! Noises Can Damage Your Hearing" -"It's a Noisy Planet" - (NIH) (NIDCD)
"Both groups of children showed an increase in otitis media in association with greater traffic
pollution exposure. By age 2, a third of the children had experienced otitis media at least
once."
"Listen Up: All About Ear Conditions" - Web MD (keep scrolling)
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| Wolfgang Babisch ~ Noise Health (2014) |
"To lower the price of hearing aids and expand access, President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in
the American Economy called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make hearing aids available over the counter, without
a prescription. That is now reality. Starting today, hearings aids are now on store shelves across the country>—for
thousands of dollars less than they previously cost."
This means, that though the price may have fallen, people who cannot purchase "over the counter" as insurance tells them that
they will not/no longer cover hearing aids, will go without. Another thing that people must now find charity,
and/or beg for.
"We estimated that 104 million individuals had/{have} annual LEQ(24) levels > 70 dBA (equivalent to a continuous average exposure
level of >70 dBA over 24 hr) in 2013 and were/{are} at risk of noise-induced hearing loss. Tens of millions more may be at
risk of heart disease, and other noise-related health effects. Direct regulation, altering the informational environment,
and altering the built environment are the least costly, most logistically feasible, and most effective noise reduction interventions."
IN CONTRAST: OTHER COUNTRIES AND PROVIDENCES HAVE PLANS TO NOT ONLY COMBAT NOISE POLLUTION, BUT TOGETHER WITH AIR POLLUTION
"A healthy acoustic environment is more than simply the absence of unwanted sound.
The noise action plan for Wales, which we are required to review and update every five years, must have a broader focus
than simply clamping down on the decibels. We need to create appropriate soundscapes, meaning the right acoustic
environment in the right time and place. The towns and cities, in which most of us live, serve us in a variety of ways, and
should therefore contain a variety of soundscapes appropriate to the land use. There should not be a one-size-fits-all
urban soundscape, which we experience wherever we go, any more than every street and building should look alike.
Over the coming years, I expect public bodies in Wales to start thinking less in terms of pure noise mitigation and
more in terms of creating healthier soundscapes for our communities. In addition, wherever air and noise pollution
are both present and their sources are the same or related, they should be considered together rather than as separate
problems. Air and noise pollution are both airborne pollutants, which can have a combined effect on the public’s
health and, in many situations, they can be tackled to greatest effect through shared solutions."
MENTALLY PROCESSING SCIENCE OF SOUND
PSYCHOACOUSTICS = Scientific study of human perception of sound frequencies and their corresponding psychological responses.
Frequencies include ear-capable traveling: music, speech,... and effect of mental agility.
The branch of psychology concerned with perception of sound and its physiological effects.
"Psychoacoustics - Everything You Need To Know" - Nashville Film Institute
"Psychoacoustics: The Psychology of Sound" - Los Angeles Recording School
Base-like Low Frequency: "The Controversial Sound Only 2% Of People Hear" - Benn Jordan [Tinnitus?]
BLARING TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
"Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment" - United Stated Department of Transportation
"AIRCRAFT NOISE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM, NOT JUST AN ANNOYANCE: Testimony submitted to the Maryland General Assembly in
support of HB1103 and SB658 Daniel Fink MD MBA (March 8, 2022)
"Study Finds Health, Economic Burden Associated With Aircraft Noise in Maryland" - WBAL TV 11
"Marylanders Could Pay $800 Million Dollars Over Next 30 Years in Medical Costs and Loss of Time From BWI Marshall Airplane
Noises, Study Shows" - Capital Gazette (October 2022)
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