Surround sound: A 'deaf generation' exposed to constant noise may be losing the ability to hear as nature intended, a sound expert has claimed. As a result they could be missing out on effects from natural sounds that contribute to good health and well-being, research suggests.
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A 'deaf generation' exposed to constant noise may be losing the ability to hear as nature intended, a sound expert has claimed.
As a result people could be missing out on the positive effects from natural sounds that contribute to good health and well-being, research suggests.
Dr Kurt Fristrup, who has monitored sound levels in 90 US national parks including Yosemite, Grand Teton and the Grand Canyon, stressed that hearing is a 'universal learning sense' active even when we are sleeping or anaesthetized.
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'As you raise background noise it has the same effect on sound that fog has on vision,' he said.
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Recent research has shown that natural sounds, such as tumbling water, bird song or wind rustling through trees, has a direct beneficial effect on our bodies and mental state.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2956356/Warning-deaf-generation.html
Scientists warn of a 'deaf generation' that will lose the ability to hear as nature intended as daily noise pollution reaches saturation levels
Generation exposed to constant noise could be losing the ability to hear
Noise pollution could be blocking out natural sounds that boost health
Hearing is 'universal learning sense' active even when we're sleeping
By PRESS ASSOCIATION
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 19:20 EST, 16 February 2015 | UPDATED: 08:32 EST, 17 February 2015
