A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point
-Today, it is difficult to escape sound completely.
-120 million people worldwide have disabling hearing difficulties.
-There are other health effects of too much volume
-Growing noise pollution has different causes: population growth, rural land to urban sprawl. Lack of anti-noise regulations, electronics, vehicles and airports
-EPA identified transportation as the most persuasive outdoor noise source
-More than 100 million people in the United States are exposed to noise sources from traffic near their homes.
-Sound intensity is measured in decibels (dB)
-Unit-A dB is used to indicate how humans hear a given sound
-Zero dBA is the point at which a person begins to hear sound
-Mark Stephenson at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says that his agency's definition of hazardous noise is sound that exceeds the time-weighted average of 85 dBA, meaning average noise exposure measured over an eight-hour work day.
-"Sound exposure level" accounts for variations in sound from movement to movement
-"Equivalent sound level" is the value of a steady sound with the same dBA sound energy as that contained in a time-varying sound.
-30 million workers are exposed to hazardous sound levels on the job in USA
-Industries have high number of workers exposed to loud sounds: construction, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, utilities, transportation and military.
-Noise is a difficult problem to monitor
-There is no evidence to suggest things have gotten any quieter for residents
-Noise affect quality of life
-Secondhand noise is used to describe noise that is experienced by people who did not produce it.
-Activists say that the effects on people are similar to secondhand smoke
-Secondhand noise can have a negative effect in the workplace.
-Workers get exposure to noise not from what they're doing but also from what is going on around them
-Electricians have a reputation as being a member of a quiet trade, but if they work near a jackhammer it would have a harmful effect
-There are household tools and appliances that can produce harmful sound levels.
-Dishwashers, vacuums and hair dryers can reach or exceed 90 dBA
-Drag Racing set a record of 177 dB in 2002
-Countryside is also impacted by noise pollution, 75% of farmworkers have hearing problems, the result of long-term exposure to loud equipment
-Noise in Japan is also affecting the quality of life. (loudspeaker messages forced many citizens to wear earplugs)
-In Europe, 65% of the population is exposed to ambient sound levels above 55dBA while 17% exposed to level above 65 dbA.
-Noise is everywhere and experts expect no decrease in noise levels, given the powerful impact of technology on modern life.
-Scientific studies over the years confirmed that exposure to certain levels of sound can damage hearing.
-Exposure can actually change the structure of hair cells in inner ear, resulting in hearing loss.
-It can cause tinnitus, a ringing, roaring buzzing or clicking in the ears
-12 million Americans suffer from Tinnitus with 1 million experiencing it to the extent that it interferes with daily activities
-90% coal miners have hearing impairments by 52 compared to 9% of general population
-70% male metal/nonmetal miners will experience hearing impairment by 60.
-Females tend to have better hearing than males
-Half of all construction workers have some degree of hearing loss
-By 25, the average carpenter's hearing is equivalent to a healthy 50 year old male that hasn't been exposed to noise
-Hearing loss is irreversible
-Changing environment can improve person's hearing health
-Changing environment would be wise and healthy
-Audiologists blame disturbing development on youth's penchant for listening to loud music with headphones
-Most children with noise-induced hearing threshold shifts have only limited hearing damage
-Continued exposure can lead to difficulties with high-frequency sound discrimination
-For the baby boom generation, change of environment may be too late
-Nonauditory effects of noise exposure are effects that don't cause hearing loss but can still be measured, such as elevated blood pressure, loss of sleep, increased heart rate and changes to brain chemistry.
-It can lead to increased drug use and accidents
-These effects were noted as early as 1930 in a study by E.L Smith and D.L Laird
-Results showed that exposure to noise caused stomach contractions in healthy human beings.
-excessive noise exposure could lead to hearing loss in newborns and disrupt natural growth and development of premature infants
-As children grow they are exposed to sounds that can threaten their health and cause learning problems
-Noise exposure has been shown to affect learning ability.
-Airports have become a flash point for community frustration over noise pollution.
-Money is being made from disturbing the peace.
-Anti-noise activists say that Europe and Asia are more advanced than the US in combating noise
-Noise Control Act of 1972 empowered the EPA to determine noise limits to protect the public health and welfare and to est. a noise control office. In -1982, the Reagan administration defunded the office.
-Governments, communities,and organizations worldwide will need to be creative and aggressive in addressing what will certainly continue to be one of the -21st century’s most important environmental health issues.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
In this article the author talks about how noise pollution affects all aspects of life. The article talks about how noise is something that can't be escaped completely. It can affect you anywhere, you can be creating the noise or the people around you can be making noise that may affect your health. Household tools and appliances such as dishwashers can affect your health. Noise can cause people to go deaf overtime and can cause tinnitus where there is a roaring or clicking in your ears. It can also effect many other parts of your body such as causing elevated blood pressure, loss of sleep, increased heart rate, changes to brain chemistry, and can affect learning ability. In this article one of the solutions presented is to move into an environment that can improve the person's hearing health. Many people are trying to fight the noise pollution. There have been many complaints to airports about the loud noise that goes through their ears and have been legislations to prevent noise pollution but they've been turned down although nations in Europe and Asia have done a better job at combating noise.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
After reading this article I believe that its going to be hard to solve the problem of noise pollution. With the way we live in the modern world it will be hard to get rid of noise pollution. We can improvise these noise making products so they don't give of as much noise but this is the most we cand do to reduce noise pollution. We can try to get rid of things that give off excessive noise that we don't need. There should only be certain times that certain products can be turned on and things that make lots of noise such as airports should be moved away from cities or things such as planes should be made to reduce noise.
So What?
Noise pollution can directly affect our health
Says Who?
William Luxford
Mark Stephenson
What if...?
What if we reduced all noise pollution from the beginning
What does this remind me of?
This reminds me of bugs. They're hard to prevent and you can only take precautions
-Today, it is difficult to escape sound completely.
-120 million people worldwide have disabling hearing difficulties.
-There are other health effects of too much volume
-Growing noise pollution has different causes: population growth, rural land to urban sprawl. Lack of anti-noise regulations, electronics, vehicles and airports
-EPA identified transportation as the most persuasive outdoor noise source
-More than 100 million people in the United States are exposed to noise sources from traffic near their homes.
-Sound intensity is measured in decibels (dB)
-Unit-A dB is used to indicate how humans hear a given sound
-Zero dBA is the point at which a person begins to hear sound
-Mark Stephenson at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says that his agency's definition of hazardous noise is sound that exceeds the time-weighted average of 85 dBA, meaning average noise exposure measured over an eight-hour work day.
-"Sound exposure level" accounts for variations in sound from movement to movement
-"Equivalent sound level" is the value of a steady sound with the same dBA sound energy as that contained in a time-varying sound.
-30 million workers are exposed to hazardous sound levels on the job in USA
-Industries have high number of workers exposed to loud sounds: construction, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, utilities, transportation and military.
-Noise is a difficult problem to monitor
-There is no evidence to suggest things have gotten any quieter for residents
-Noise affect quality of life
-Secondhand noise is used to describe noise that is experienced by people who did not produce it.
-Activists say that the effects on people are similar to secondhand smoke
-Secondhand noise can have a negative effect in the workplace.
-Workers get exposure to noise not from what they're doing but also from what is going on around them
-Electricians have a reputation as being a member of a quiet trade, but if they work near a jackhammer it would have a harmful effect
-There are household tools and appliances that can produce harmful sound levels.
-Dishwashers, vacuums and hair dryers can reach or exceed 90 dBA
-Drag Racing set a record of 177 dB in 2002
-Countryside is also impacted by noise pollution, 75% of farmworkers have hearing problems, the result of long-term exposure to loud equipment
-Noise in Japan is also affecting the quality of life. (loudspeaker messages forced many citizens to wear earplugs)
-In Europe, 65% of the population is exposed to ambient sound levels above 55dBA while 17% exposed to level above 65 dbA.
-Noise is everywhere and experts expect no decrease in noise levels, given the powerful impact of technology on modern life.
-Scientific studies over the years confirmed that exposure to certain levels of sound can damage hearing.
-Exposure can actually change the structure of hair cells in inner ear, resulting in hearing loss.
-It can cause tinnitus, a ringing, roaring buzzing or clicking in the ears
-12 million Americans suffer from Tinnitus with 1 million experiencing it to the extent that it interferes with daily activities
-90% coal miners have hearing impairments by 52 compared to 9% of general population
-70% male metal/nonmetal miners will experience hearing impairment by 60.
-Females tend to have better hearing than males
-Half of all construction workers have some degree of hearing loss
-By 25, the average carpenter's hearing is equivalent to a healthy 50 year old male that hasn't been exposed to noise
-Hearing loss is irreversible
-Changing environment can improve person's hearing health
-Changing environment would be wise and healthy
-Audiologists blame disturbing development on youth's penchant for listening to loud music with headphones
-Most children with noise-induced hearing threshold shifts have only limited hearing damage
-Continued exposure can lead to difficulties with high-frequency sound discrimination
-For the baby boom generation, change of environment may be too late
-Nonauditory effects of noise exposure are effects that don't cause hearing loss but can still be measured, such as elevated blood pressure, loss of sleep, increased heart rate and changes to brain chemistry.
-It can lead to increased drug use and accidents
-These effects were noted as early as 1930 in a study by E.L Smith and D.L Laird
-Results showed that exposure to noise caused stomach contractions in healthy human beings.
-excessive noise exposure could lead to hearing loss in newborns and disrupt natural growth and development of premature infants
-As children grow they are exposed to sounds that can threaten their health and cause learning problems
-Noise exposure has been shown to affect learning ability.
-Airports have become a flash point for community frustration over noise pollution.
-Money is being made from disturbing the peace.
-Anti-noise activists say that Europe and Asia are more advanced than the US in combating noise
-Noise Control Act of 1972 empowered the EPA to determine noise limits to protect the public health and welfare and to est. a noise control office. In -1982, the Reagan administration defunded the office.
-Governments, communities,and organizations worldwide will need to be creative and aggressive in addressing what will certainly continue to be one of the -21st century’s most important environmental health issues.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
In this article the author talks about how noise pollution affects all aspects of life. The article talks about how noise is something that can't be escaped completely. It can affect you anywhere, you can be creating the noise or the people around you can be making noise that may affect your health. Household tools and appliances such as dishwashers can affect your health. Noise can cause people to go deaf overtime and can cause tinnitus where there is a roaring or clicking in your ears. It can also effect many other parts of your body such as causing elevated blood pressure, loss of sleep, increased heart rate, changes to brain chemistry, and can affect learning ability. In this article one of the solutions presented is to move into an environment that can improve the person's hearing health. Many people are trying to fight the noise pollution. There have been many complaints to airports about the loud noise that goes through their ears and have been legislations to prevent noise pollution but they've been turned down although nations in Europe and Asia have done a better job at combating noise.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
After reading this article I believe that its going to be hard to solve the problem of noise pollution. With the way we live in the modern world it will be hard to get rid of noise pollution. We can improvise these noise making products so they don't give of as much noise but this is the most we cand do to reduce noise pollution. We can try to get rid of things that give off excessive noise that we don't need. There should only be certain times that certain products can be turned on and things that make lots of noise such as airports should be moved away from cities or things such as planes should be made to reduce noise.
So What?
Noise pollution can directly affect our health
Says Who?
William Luxford
Mark Stephenson
What if...?
What if we reduced all noise pollution from the beginning
What does this remind me of?
This reminds me of bugs. They're hard to prevent and you can only take precautions