Noise

Reducing the effects of Noise

Tuesday 27th December 2011

Noise is one the most intrusive environmental factors when it comes to getting good quality sleep. The effects of noise at night can range from preventing sleep altogether, keeping you completely awake, to simply disturbing the restfulness of your...

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Light, noise, temperature and sleep

Tuesday 27th September 2011

There are three main environmental factors that determine the quality of our sleep – light, noise and temperature – and it’s important that your bedroom takes account of all of these where possible, if you’re looking to get...

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Noise Exposure Affects Quality Sleep

Thursday 5th August 2010

The degree to which external noise affects the quality of sleep was studied by a team of researchers at Hanyang University in South Korea. The experiment looked at different noise combinations and how often sleep was disturbed, as well as how the noise...

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Noise Pollution

Thursday 17th June 2010

Noise is another common disturber of sleep, along with light, and is something that most of us will experience to some degree on a regular basis. Noise pollution comes in many forms, but is unusual in that sometimes the most innocuous of incidents can...

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Hospital noise levels prevent 'good sleep'

Thursday 3rd December 2009

Noise levels in hospital wards across the UK are exceeding acceptable limits and delaying patient recovery by preventing good quality sleep, according to two new studies published this week. The investigations, carried out independently at NHS hospitals...

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