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Sounds and noise are all around us. How does that affect our health? Dr. Richard Neitzel was invited by Everything is Public Health to discuss about it on their new podcast. You can find the entire podcast here.

At University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, there is a study about the COVID-19 finished. It collected samples from air and surface at the public space to check the risk with different transmission way. The result shows that the risk of air transmission is 1000 times higher than the surface transmission. It is an additionContinue reading “Air transmission is more risk than surface to get COVID”

Apple published a paper, Toward a better understanding of nonoccupational sound exposures and associated health impacts: Methods of the Apple Hearing Study, for Apple’s Hearing Study. This new paper describes the methods of the study, which collects data from hearing tests, sound level at which the participants exposure to environment and headphone, the cardiovascular metricsContinue reading “Apple published a paper for Hearing Study”

Noise is among the oldest occupational hazards that related to the occupational hearing loss persisted today. As NIOSH celebrates its 50th anniversary, the NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Research Program looks back over 50 years of research and recommendations for preventing occupational hearing loss. The research conducted from 1972 to 2019 are listed as a conclusion.Continue reading “A 50 years Noise Research at NIOSH”

The loud noise is harmful for the health, including hearing loss, tinnitus, hyperacusis and cardiovascular effects that might be life-changing. It also can lower sleep quality, and impair concentration and academic performance. It’s even been tied to depression and other mental-health issues.  Dr. Neitzel found that kids would be protected from noise-induced hearing loss if their exposure was 75 decibelsContinue reading “The definition of loud noise and how harmful it is”

American Public Health Association releases updated policy statement, “Noise as a Public Health Hazard.” This policy calls for national noise standards, enforcement, education, outreach, and action on noise as a public health hazard.  The whole updated policy statement can be found here in APHA’s website.

Living in a city has obvious benefits but also some disadvantages. Air pollution is the one people can think of and has the risk of the cardiovascular diseases and the respiratory diseases. The exposure is another one that is easy to be ignored. In fact, it is a health threat and can cause the stress,Continue reading “The Health Impact of the City Living”

In the decades since 1978, studies have underscored the significance of the hazed of the noise to the health of people. The exposure of noise can increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and so much more. Dr. Neitzel discuss the toll of noise on bodies and also environment and how to mitigateContinue reading “Dr. Neitzel Discuss the Toll of Noise on Bodies and Environment”

When more people move to the city, more people start to suffer from the city noise, especially from the heavy traffic and construction due to the city’s convenience and development. The dense urban environmental cities can have background noise high enough to cause the hearing loss after year or even decades of exposure. The loudContinue reading “Health Impact from City Noise”