Noise and Health

A Warning to Adolescents

Abstract

With many adolescents turning up the volume of their headsets, spending hours listening to loud music at discos and playing electronic games in extremely noisy arcades, and with a paucity of rigorous research on the relationship betweeri noise and health for this age group, it is essential that we look at the impact of noise on their well-being. Yet, the growing body of literature, already noting the hazards of noise, calls for the development of strategies to warn our young people of noise's possible dangers and for enlisting their cooperation in quieting the environment for themselves as well as the rest of society.