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Even minor traffic noise has negative impact on work performance: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers from Chalmers' Division of Applied Acoustics conducted a laboratory experiment in which test subjects were subjected to concentration tests while hearing background traffic noise. Before rating their perceived workload, participants were asked to stare at a computer screen and re
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Even mild traffic noise has an adverse effect on work performance: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the study, the individuals performed much worse on the performance test and felt that the task was more difficult to complete with road noise in the background.
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Study finds how road noise linked with high blood pressure
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
If you reside close to a busy road, you may feel as though the constant noise of the motors, honking of the horns, and wailing of the sirens raises your blood pressure.
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Road noise could make blood pressures high: Research
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"We were a little surprised that the association between road traffic noise and hypertension was robust even after adjustment for air pollution," said Jing Huang, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at Peking
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Researchers find link between traffic noise and risk of tinnitus
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
If you live near a busy road, it may increase your stress levels and affect your sleep. When we are under stress and sleep poorly, we may be at a higher risk of developing tinnitus.
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Higher exposure to air pollution is associated with higher functional brai
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): The findings of a study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) suggest that higher exposure to air pollution is associated with higher functional brain connectivity among several brain regions in preadolescents, while exposure to traffic noise
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Study finds years of exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise might i
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggests that exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise over the course of many years may be associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure.
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Years of exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise may increase heart
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): According to a new study, exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise over the course of many years may be associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure, and the correlation appears to be even greater in people who are former smokers or
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Traffic noise causes song learning deficits in birds: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 15 (ANI): A new study by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and colleagues shows that young zebra finches, just like children, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise because of its potential to interfere with learning at a critical deve
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Does traffic noise increase the risk of obesity?
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): Long-term exposure to road traffic noise can increase the risk of obesity, according to research.
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Birds may age faster due to traffic noise
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 28(ANI): The next time you continuously keep honking, stop, and think of the birds!
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Shh, living near busy road may up risk of male infertility
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 29 (ANI): Beware if you are renting an apartment next to a busy road as a study finds that long-term exposure to traffic noise, particularly at night, increases the risk of infertility in men.
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