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Todays Woman
Judy Burtner
Extension Agent,
Homs Economies
How’s the noise in your home?
Housewives complaining of headaches after a few hours in their own kitchen...typists with jangled nerves...construction workers suffering from tremors... electronic musicians with ringing ears...what do these people have in common?
They may all be the victims of the deafening noises of modem living. The din in cities and suburban areas has raised its pitch with the increase in construction, vehicles and human voices. And it has taken its toll on the human ear.
Chauncey Leake, Ph.D, an otolaryngologist at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, says.the constant background noise outside the American home has risen by about 10 decibels in the past fifty years. In addition to noiser . homes, everything has become ' noisef ootside. fie a perfofmahce report, bringing invoices, bills, etc. going at once records yvell over 110 decibles, which is deafening. Injury to hearing begins at 85 decibels and anything above that can result in permanent hearing damage. This amount of noise becomes more apparent when you realize that above 63 decibels you can’t even hear a companion speaking. According to the Health Insurance Institute, noise can cause more damage than hearing problems and annoyance. Tension induced by noise may lead to high blood pressure or heart disease in certain individuals. According to Clifford T. Morgan and Richard A. King, two physchologists at the University of North Carolina, many persons ire bombarded with a multitude
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