Our Worst Noises - These are real advertisements that in many instances illustrate retailers' total disdain for your right to quiet.
A Matter of Your Health
Aside from the impact of noise on our daily quality of life, consider this. The World Health Organization has documented seven categories of adverse health effects of noise pollution on humans:
• Hearing Impairment (e.g., hearing loss)
• Interference with Spoken Communication (e.g., at a cognitive level)
• Sleep Disturbances (e.g., sleep deprivation/chronic fatigue)
• Disturbances in Mental Health (e.g., anxiety, hostility, depression)
• Impaired Task Performance (e.g., at both work and school)
• Cardiovascular Disturbances (e.g., hypertension)
• Negative Social Behavior and Annoyance Reactions
• For motorists, besides permanent hearing damage, the noise is damaging to the nervous system.
-- The medical journal Thorax reported the case of four young men who suffered a lung collapse triggered by loud bass music. Three of the men were at a concert or club, while the fourth was in a boom car outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass system.
-- The pounding bass noise decreases a driver's ability to hear pedestrians and other vehicles, including emergency vehicles such as police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.
Aside from the impact of noise on our daily quality of life, consider this. The World Health Organization has documented seven categories of adverse health effects of noise pollution on humans:
• Hearing Impairment (e.g., hearing loss)
• Interference with Spoken Communication (e.g., at a cognitive level)
• Sleep Disturbances (e.g., sleep deprivation/chronic fatigue)
• Disturbances in Mental Health (e.g., anxiety, hostility, depression)
• Impaired Task Performance (e.g., at both work and school)
• Cardiovascular Disturbances (e.g., hypertension)
• Negative Social Behavior and Annoyance Reactions
• For motorists, besides permanent hearing damage, the noise is damaging to the nervous system.
-- The medical journal Thorax reported the case of four young men who suffered a lung collapse triggered by loud bass music. Three of the men were at a concert or club, while the fourth was in a boom car outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass system.
-- The pounding bass noise decreases a driver's ability to hear pedestrians and other vehicles, including emergency vehicles such as police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.
And From TEDMED Talks, The Effects Of Noise On Health - And What You Can Do About It
People are bombarded by noise every day. Sometimes it’s loud and inescapable, like the sound of construction happening outside your window, and other times it’s quiet, like the hum of a fan that fades into the background. Either way, unwanted noise is stressful, and most people have limited opportunities to be in a quiet space and truly unwind.
Psychiatrist and scientist Mathias Basner studies how noise negatively affects our health in ways that extend beyond the auditory component. In his work, he draws connections between noise exposure and an array of health issues ranging from poor sleep to cardiovascular disease. Tune in to Mathias’s 2018 TEDMED Talk below to learn more about the many things we can do on both an individual and societal level to better protect ourselves from noise and to foster the health benefits of silence.
Quieter O'ahu Comment: A truly MUST SEE video!
People are bombarded by noise every day. Sometimes it’s loud and inescapable, like the sound of construction happening outside your window, and other times it’s quiet, like the hum of a fan that fades into the background. Either way, unwanted noise is stressful, and most people have limited opportunities to be in a quiet space and truly unwind.
Psychiatrist and scientist Mathias Basner studies how noise negatively affects our health in ways that extend beyond the auditory component. In his work, he draws connections between noise exposure and an array of health issues ranging from poor sleep to cardiovascular disease. Tune in to Mathias’s 2018 TEDMED Talk below to learn more about the many things we can do on both an individual and societal level to better protect ourselves from noise and to foster the health benefits of silence.
Quieter O'ahu Comment: A truly MUST SEE video!
What Are The Main Sources of Noise on O'ahu
There are three (3) primary "Sources" of noise:
1. Industrial Noise: In this category we'll include things such as equipment used for road repair, busses, refuse collection vehicles, leaf blowers, sirens of emergency vehicles, and noises from other like sources.
2. Agriculture Noise: In this category we'll include tractors, cultivators, livestock, and so on.
3. Individual Noise: In this category we'll include our toys and the noise they make - principally, modified motorcycles and modified trucks and automobiles.
Industrial And Agriculture Noise.
This site WILL NOT attempt to address Industrial Noise and Agricultural Noise. While noise levels from these sources can be and are often abused and are problems for us all, the focus of this site will be the loudest and most egregious noises that we all deal with on a daily basis. We do provide information on who to contact on the "Reporting Noise Violations" page.
Individual Noise.
This site WILL address Individual Noise and the abuses that have become epidemic. Three specific areas of Individual Noise will be addressed at the following links:
1. The illegally modified exhausts of motorcycles.
2. The illegally modified exhausts of automobiles and trucks.
3. The illegally used "Boom Car" stereos found in many automobiles and trucks.
There are three (3) primary "Sources" of noise:
1. Industrial Noise: In this category we'll include things such as equipment used for road repair, busses, refuse collection vehicles, leaf blowers, sirens of emergency vehicles, and noises from other like sources.
2. Agriculture Noise: In this category we'll include tractors, cultivators, livestock, and so on.
3. Individual Noise: In this category we'll include our toys and the noise they make - principally, modified motorcycles and modified trucks and automobiles.
Industrial And Agriculture Noise.
This site WILL NOT attempt to address Industrial Noise and Agricultural Noise. While noise levels from these sources can be and are often abused and are problems for us all, the focus of this site will be the loudest and most egregious noises that we all deal with on a daily basis. We do provide information on who to contact on the "Reporting Noise Violations" page.
Individual Noise.
This site WILL address Individual Noise and the abuses that have become epidemic. Three specific areas of Individual Noise will be addressed at the following links:
1. The illegally modified exhausts of motorcycles.
2. The illegally modified exhausts of automobiles and trucks.
3. The illegally used "Boom Car" stereos found in many automobiles and trucks.