2026 – Exposure Research Lab

Apple Health Studies part of largest health research effort in history

Apple iPhone displaying Apple Hearing Study, next to Apple Watch with noise notification

Apple Health Studies form the largest real-world health research platform ever built, combining iPhone and Apple Watch data with university-led science to study human health at an unprecedented scale.

How Noise Affects our Health

Two children cover their ears as drummers in a parade march by.

Exposure scientist Rick Neitzel talks with WHYY about noise pollution and its effects on our health. He explains the physiological effects of noise, theories on how it causes harm, and some of the most common sources of damaging sound exposure.