The Quest for Quiet

by Broderick Perkins Realty Times December 15, 2006 Sick of noise? That’s not surprising. Noise — unwanted, disturbing sound — can make you sick. Noise is the No. 1 neighborhood complaint in America’s cities, as more people live in closer...

Beloit prof wages war against noise

by Rob Zaleski The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) February 13, 2007 Experts say people who feel bombarded by loud noise often feel helpless to do anything about it. Why? Because police and local governments tend to treat noise as an annoyance rather than as a...

Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague

by Lisa Goines, RN; Louis Hagler, MD Medscape Today (www.medscape.com) April 10, 2007 Abstract Noise is defined as unwanted sound. Environmental noise consists of all the unwanted sounds in our communities except that which originates in the workplace. Environmental...

Bleeping beep annoys like no other noise

by Mary Schmich Chicago Tribune April 11, 2007 One day my neighbor had finally had it with the bleeping back-up beep. She was home, pregnant, with a napping toddler, and the construction site across the street was blasting the daily, all-day fanfare. Beep. Beep. Beep....