Poll results: Is society becoming noisier: is this affecting our health and wellbeing?
Research studies suggest that noise impacts our health and wellbeing.
Poll Findings
This update is based on these 50 responses.
Three quarters of responders (n39) stated that the levels of noise are affecting their health and wellbeing.
38 responders stated how noise was affecting their health and wellbeing.
This fell into the categories of environmental noise, travel, home environment, social and every day out and about.
And how the increase noise is affecting people’s health, wellbeing and physically.
Such as; impact on health conditions, forgetfulness, difficult to hear others, irritation, stress, depressed, being disturbed, lack of concentration, exhausting, and frustrating.
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Report - Is society becoming noisier report
