Noise-induced Stress in Hospital Patients: Coping and Nonauditory Health Outcomes
1985
Journal of Human Stress
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 11
Pages 125-34
Author(s): Topf, M.
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Personal and environmental predictors of patient disturbance due to hospital noise
1985
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 70
Pages 22-8
Author(s): Topf, M.
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The effect of critical care unit noise on patient sleep cycles
1985
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 7
Pages 41-51
Author(s): Snyder-Halpern, R.
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Noise in acute patient care areas
1985
Research in Nursing & Health
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 8
Pages 283-91
Author(s): Hilton, B.A.
The paper begins by defining noise (as sound higher than that recommended for hospitals and considered undesirable or intolerable by patients) and questioning noise levels in hospitals and how patients are affected by it. The author cites studies between 1961 and 1981 that showed that ill people had a lower tolerance for sound than healthier people, sounds in hospitals were higher than recommended levels and tended to be a stress factor for patients, and that when sound was considered to be noise, it led to stress, which in turn could delay healing.
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Effects of room reverberation and noise on speech discrimination by the elderly
1985
International Journal of Audiology
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 24
Pages 319-24
Author(s): Harris, R.W., Reitz, M.L.
Added October 2012