PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of noise, NOISE control, LOUDNESS, AUDITORY pathways, HEARING, NOISE pollution, MENTAL health, WELL-being, WORK environment
Abstract
A discussion is presented of research information and ideas on the effects of noise on human beings aside from auditory aspects. Limitations on present knowledge are indicated and needed research is described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Data from a mail-questionnaire study of adults in Alameda County, California, were used to replicate the essentials of Langner's analyses in the second volume of the Midtown Manhattan Study, but employing as a presumptive mental-health measure an eight-item Index of Psychological Well-Being. The results parallel the reported Midtown associations between selected stress factors and mental health as rated by psychiatrists from extensive interview evidence. The concordant findings suggest that both the Midtown psychiatrists' ratings and the Index of Psychological Well-Being may pertain to essentially the same psychological dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]