The effect of noise pollution on humans

 

The effect of noise pollution on humans

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), noise pollution, or noise pollution, is a public health problem.  growing, and has a number of negative effects. effects on the individual and society, affecting people with hearing impairment, stress, high blood pressure, headaches, interference with words when speaking and sleep disorders, in addition to its negative impact on mental health, productivity and productivity .  The quality of human life in general.

The effect of noise pollution on physical health

The human ear translates the sounds around him and sends them to the mind 24 hours a day, whether the person is awake or asleep, which makes the person vulnerable to noise pollution even during sleep, since this causes disturbances and interruptions in sleep followed by fatigue.  poor memory, poor creativity and judgment, as well as headaches. People who live near airports and on busy highways are more likely to develop these negative symptoms.

Noise pollution causes psychological problems in people who are exposed to it, such as: behavioral changes, hallucinations, peptic ulcers due to psychological stress, as well as a feeling of tiredness, and exposure to noise pollution for short periods can cause loss of hearing in humans.  Permanent exposure to noise pollution damages the sense of hearing, and can lead to permanent hearing loss, and the stage of damage begins when the intensity of sounds exceeds 80 decibels, which is equivalent to the sounds of trucks driving by down the street

 Noise pollution can cause an increase in heart rate when a person is exposed to noise, which can lead to a permanent increase in heart rate in the long term, as well as shortness of breath, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.  This contamination can lead to heart attacks and you should be careful. The risk of developing these health problems begins with sound intensity above 60 decibels.

The effect of noise pollution on mental health

Mental health is defined, according to the World Health Organization, as the absence of any identifiable mental disorder according to specific criteria. Noise pollution is not believed to be a direct cause of mental illness, but it accelerates and exacerbates the development of underlying mental disorders. Diseases Disorders, studies based on the study of adverse effects are presented. Auditory pollution in mental health has a series of symptoms that appear in humans, such as: anxiety, psychological pressure, nervous diseases, nausea, headache, instability, tendency to controversy, mood swings and increased anxiety.  social problems, in addition to a number of general psychological disorders such as neurosis; psychosis and hysteria.

 Studies have indicated a link between exposure to high noise levels in the workplace and the development of neuroses and irritability in humans, and there are some inconclusive studies examining the relationship between environmental noise and poor mental health and, in general, the studies recommend focusing.  In groups that may have trouble adjusting to noise pollution. Like the young, the elderly and those suffering from other illnesses such as depression, studies based on the possibility that mental health is associated with noise are mainly related to studying the relationship between the use of medical drugs such as hypnotics and sedatives, psychological symptoms, and psychiatric hospital admission

The effect of noise pollution on children

There are many studies that link the development of children with noise pollution, since children's concentration skills are better developed in quiet environments and away from hustle and bustle, but children who are exposed to noise pollution during their education may be delayed in the development of their reading skills.  of children People who are raised in such environments have developed their noise response by not responding to the sounds around them, including teachers' voices, which can negatively affect their language and reading skills, and they may face difficulties in understand the spoken language.  , and in distinguishing the sounds of speech, and from the interesting observations as well, that children who grow up in environments with high levels of noise can experience a high level of stress and tension in them.

The groups most vulnerable to noise pollution

The studies from which preventive standards are established on the effects of noise pollution on people's health are usually carried out on a current population group that does not have any problems, perhaps because they are more available and available than vulnerable groups.  of society and are exposed to the harmful effect of noise and cannot cope with its effects, namely: people with low personal abilities such as: (elderly, sick, people with depression), people with medical problems or certain illnesses, people who have difficulty acquiring complex cognitive skills such as reading and the blind, and people who have problems with hearing aids, children and infants. 

 Therefore, these categories must be taken into account when developing laws and legislation related to the issue of noise pollution, and these studies must include: the type of impact in these categories such as communication and disturbance, and the different environments that are exposed to noise. .  Pollution such as school, public places, the workplace and different lifestyles, such as listening to loud music and the sounds of motorcycles.