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Researchers find a link between traffic noise and tinnitus (Ambient background noise in your home)
Medical Xpress / Univ of So. Denmark Faculty of Health Sci / Environmental Health Perspectives ^ | Feb. 3, 2023 | Marianne Lie Becker / Manuella Lech Cantuaria et al

Posted on 02/05/2023 8:33:31 AM PST by ConservativeMind

If you live near a busy road, it may increase your stress levels and affect your sleep. When we are under stress and sleep poorly, we may be at a higher risk of developing tinnitus.

In a study, researchers have found that the more traffic noise residents are exposed to in their homes, the more they are at risk of developing tinnitus.

Tinnitus is most clearly manifested by annoying whistling tones in the ears, which are disturbing for many.

It is the first time that researchers have found a link between residential traffic noise exposure and hearing-related outcomes.

"In our data, we have found that for every ten decibels more noise in people's home, the risk of developing tinnitus increases by six percent," says Manuella Lech Cantuaria, Ph.D.

"There is a need for more focus on the importance of traffic noise for health. It is alarming that noise seems to increase the risk of tinnitus, cardiovascular diseases and dementia, among other diseases," says Jesper Hvass Schmidt.

"We know that traffic noise can make us stressed and affect our sleep. And that tinnitus can get worse when we live under stressful situations and we do not sleep well," Jesper Hvass Schmidt says.

The researchers believe that noise at nighttime can be even worse for health

"It affects our sleep, which is so important for restoring both our physical and mental health. Therefore, it is worth considering whether you can do something to improve your sleep," Manuella Lech Cantuaria says.

Higher associations were found when noise was measured at the quiet side of their houses, that is, the side facing away from the road. This is where most people would place their bedroom whenever possible, therefore researchers believe this is a better indicator of noise during sleep.

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Highway traffic sounds (tire and engine breaking) get into our home, but they are a very low constant noise.
1 posted on 02/05/2023 8:33:31 AM PST by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 02/05/2023 8:34:05 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Today we know that researchers lie to please the people who pay them. I find the link doubtful. Did they look at other factors, such as excessive ear wax?


3 posted on 02/05/2023 8:44:24 AM PST by jimtorr
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To: ConservativeMind

The folks who did this research have too much time on their hands.


4 posted on 02/05/2023 8:45:08 AM PST by Rappini (In hoc signo vinces)
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To: ConservativeMind

I doubt it, but Ok. Let’s collect the data.

While we’re at it, how about infrasound?

I just got done walking a mile (again) trying to ascertain the source of the obnoxious hum poisoning my home.

Working on a technology tool to isolate it...


5 posted on 02/05/2023 8:49:45 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ConservativeMind

Got mine from the jab.

They don’t even mention that the jab caused over 13,000 cases.


6 posted on 02/05/2023 8:53:25 AM PST by lizma2
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To: logi_cal869

Your refrigerator could be the culprit. Not kidding.


7 posted on 02/05/2023 8:54:08 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: ConservativeMind

The person who finally figures out how to eliminate tinnitus will win a well-deserved Nobel Prize.


8 posted on 02/05/2023 8:56:20 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

I wish it was that simple.

Absolutely, positively not originating from within my house. I can ‘hear’ it at various points outside, but with infrasound it’s difficult to isolate. It does come & go and I’m convinced it’s probably somebody’s HVAC in the area, but it could be anything.

Ironically, it literally JUST NOW ceased while typing (no joke).

Maddening, but the traffic noise is WELCOME!!!


9 posted on 02/05/2023 9:00:28 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ConservativeMind

Bkmk


10 posted on 02/05/2023 9:13:12 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: ConservativeMind
"How often does the train go by?"

"So often you don't even notice it."

11 posted on 02/05/2023 9:32:34 AM PST by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: lizma2

I doubt that


12 posted on 02/05/2023 9:37:35 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Nifster

You would.


13 posted on 02/05/2023 9:53:23 AM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Sound I hear outside my house on a regular basis:

Vehicle accelerating like mad from the stop sign.

Sounds I haven’t heard yet:

A horn blaring and crunching sheet metal.

It’s coming.

All those stereotypes about Virginia drivers being a bunch of nutjobs are truth.


14 posted on 02/05/2023 10:01:19 AM PST by brianl703
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To: logi_cal869

I’m not an acoustics expert but it could TWO sources of sound converging at your house. Have you asked any neighbors if they hear the same thing or would that cause them to think you are crazy?


15 posted on 02/05/2023 10:32:18 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: ConservativeMind

We’re so close to I-75 that we can read the side panels of the trucks. It is noisy! It bothers me all the time, but when I had Covid is was intolerable. No tinnitus yet, though.


16 posted on 02/05/2023 10:45:17 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: BipolarBob

Please show documentation


17 posted on 02/05/2023 11:23:44 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: ConservativeMind

Whew...all this time I thought it was unmuffled car races, machine shops, front row seats at rock concerts, homemade explosives, firing rifles without hearing protection, power plants, and unmuffled lawn mowers in my stupid young years.


18 posted on 02/05/2023 11:39:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: ConservativeMind

What about the often-recommended white noise as a sleep aid? Is that causing tinnitus?


19 posted on 02/05/2023 1:57:51 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Trust me - as likewise not an ‘expert’, but an amateur audio engineer who took to designing/building subwoofers of a type simply not on the consumer market - it’s assuredly a summing of waves. The irony is that I believe it was somewhat self-inflicted: I ventilated my house last year with gable vent/fan and that’s about when the most regular ‘sound’ began. Worse, a detectable ‘hum’ in the 10-15hz range manifests when my gable fan is on, purely from airflow through my rafters. Maddening, in a word.

It worsens when the local train trestle gets freight traffic and when certain types of vehicles pass through the area, but there’s one singular source of infrasound you can ‘sense’ at certain spots in a walkabout of the surrounding area and which is nearly constant in parts of my house.

I’m exploring whether I can build some Helmholtz chambers out of Sonotubes small enough to fit in my crawlspace to effectively trap the waves before they reverberate in the living space. But absent finding the source - and doing anything about it - it’s just another motivation toward the property I desire a bit farther out of the area and more isolate (where I’m at was intended to be transitory, <5 years, but 2 more years of this is nearly unbearable without mitigation, which might include disabling of my new gable fan just to keep my sanity).


20 posted on 02/05/2023 2:06:57 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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