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Document ID (ISN)19369
CIS number 73-10
Year 1971
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Kryter K.D.
Report of Working Group 63, National Academy of Sciences
Title Non-auditory effects of noise
Bibliographic information National Research Council Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics and Biodynamics, Washington, DC, USA, June 1971. 17p. Illus. 25 ref.
Abstract An evaluation, in summary fashion, of concepts and research data on the effects of noise on non-auditory mental and motor activity and on general health and mental wellbing. Unexpected or fearful noises have been excluded from this survey. The contents are arranged as follows: introduction; physiological effects (non-auditory); effects of arousal responses on health; environmental noise and sleep; other behavioural activities and relation to stress; tolerable noise limits as judged by society; use of animals in studies of non-auditory effects of noise; conclusions and recommendations for further research.
Descriptors (primary) noise; biological effects; psychological effects
Descriptors (secondary) welfare facilities; report; state of health; movement disorders; biological and medical tests; mental health; theoretical analysis; extra-auditory effects; sleep
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Noise, hearing and vibration
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Noise
Mental health