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Hazard 14: Noise Healthy Home Rating System (HHRS) 2015 1

Description of hazard • Covers threats to physical and mental health resulting from exposure to noise inside the dwelling or within its curtilage. 2015

Potential Harm • No Particular age group is more vulnerable than the other. However the elderly is affected more by noise causing sleep disruption. • Men tend to response to noise with outwardly directed aggression, describing their feelings as annoyance, aggravation, bitterness and anger. • Women tend to suppress their reactions to noise and direct them inwards. Women will instead say they are tense, fraught or anxious. 2015

Health Effects • Between 7.5 and 18% of households are dissatisfied because of noise of neighbors. • 5.5% are dissatisfied because of road traffic noise • 4.0% are dissatisfied because of people outside. • The best understood effects of noise are psychological disturbances and psychological changes resulting from annoyance and sleep disturbance. 2015 • 2015 2015

Health effect cont.… • Typical health effects are stress responses, sleep disorders and lack of concentration. • Headaches, anxiety and irritability are also associated with noise induced stress and the effects of sleep disturbance can affect the mood for the following day. 2015

Causes • Noise in the home is a common complaint. • 1 in 3 people said that environmental noise disturbed their home lives to some extent. • Residents of rented accommodations are more likely to report noise as a serious problem than owner occupiers. 2015 • Night time traffic noise is more dangerous to health than day time noise because of lack of sleep. 2015 • 2015 2015

Preventive Measures • In order to reduce loud noises, the level of insulation should be appropriate for the ambient noise levels • Noises from plumbing can be reduced by being properly constructed to reduce the sound of impact and sound transmission. 2015

Healthy Home Rating System Project Leadership Lyke Thompson Carrie Beth Lasley Angie Sarb David Ormandy Director Research Associate Research Assistant Professorial Fellow CUS/WSU CUS/WSU CUS/WSU University of Warwick (313) 577-5209 (313) 577-9280 (313) 577-8911 +44 (0) 76524 936 ad5122@wayne.edu cblasley@wayne.edu angie.sarb@wayne.edu david.ormandy@warwick.ac.uk 2015 8