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The Effects of Sound on People

ISBN: 978-1-118-89570-2

March 2016

208 pages

Description

Provides a summary of current research results on the physiological and psychological effects of sound on people

  • Covers how the operation of the hearing mechanism affects our reactions to sounds
  • Includes research results from studies on noise sources of public concern such as transportation, public utility, and recreational sources, with emphasis on low frequency sound and infrasound
  • Covers sounds that affect some but not others, how sounds can be controlled on a practical level, and how and what sounds are regulated
  • Includes coverage of both positive and negative effects of sound