Noise, Hearing Loss and what YOU can do about it..

Slides for talk at BarcampSG#8 2012 on Noise and Health Effects.

Transcript

1. Noise, Hearing loss and what YOU can do about it. - Chinmay, Barcamp Singapore, 2012 1 Monday, May 14, 12
2. Noise! Unwanted Sound = Noise. 2 Monday, May 14, 12
3. Noise Types - Traffic 3 Monday, May 14, 12
4. Noise Types - Urban 4 Monday, May 14, 12
5. Noise Types - Social 5 Monday, May 14, 12
6. Noise Types - Twitter 6 Monday, May 14, 12
7. Noise Types My MUSIC could be your NOISE. 7 Monday, May 14, 12
8. Noise affects us... Physiologically Psychologically Cognitively Behaviorally 8 Monday, May 14, 12
9. Physiological Effects Hearing Damage 9 Monday, May 14, 12
10. Physiological Effects Hearing Loss.. Threshold Shift. Tinnitus. 10 Monday, May 14, 12
11. Psychological Effects ‑Productivity - by 66%! 11 Monday, May 14, 12
12. ‐Stress Level - by 50%! Psychological Effects 12 Monday, May 14, 12
13. Cardiovascular Risk?? Psycological Effects 13 Monday, May 14, 12
14. Why does it matter? Nationally 14 Monday, May 14, 12
15. Why does it matter? Socially Silence = Luxury Some traditions are inherently noisy 15 Monday, May 14, 12
16. Why does it matter? Socially Urbanized = Noisy MRT Trains > 95dB when full/empty 16 Monday, May 14, 12
17. Why does it matter? Personally Vint Cerf 17 Monday, May 14, 12
18. What can WE do about it? Personally Use ear phones and headphones. 18 Monday, May 14, 12
19. What can WE do about it? Personally Earphones vs In-Ear.. Vs 19 Monday, May 14, 12
20. What can WE do about it? Personally Close windows to keep out external noise if you can. 20 Monday, May 14, 12
21. What can WE do about it? Personally Quick test to see the effects of ambient noise. 21 Monday, May 14, 12
22. What can WE do about it? Personally Use ear plugs in bars/clubs 22 Monday, May 14, 12
23. What can WE do about it? Personally Use white noise in offices to drown conversation 23 Monday, May 14, 12
24. What can WE do about it? Personally Try to get a few hours of deep silence everyday 24 Monday, May 14, 12
25. What can WE do about it? Personally What can WE do about it? Personally Avoid speaker/headphones which distort 25 Monday, May 14, 12
26. Reducing Noise is Not Easy! No single technical solution Combination of.. urban planning, people's behavior, new regulations, change of thinking, new technologies.. What can WE do about it? Nationally / Socially 26 Monday, May 14, 12
27. What can WE do about it? Nationally / Socially Some Ideas... 27 Monday, May 14, 12
28. What can WE do about it? Nationally / Socially Awareness! Health Risks of Noise. Social/Personal Costs of Noise. Hearing needs to be cared for. 28 Monday, May 14, 12
29. Let’s do something about it. Let’s Raise Awareness of Noise Issues. Let’s Ensure that we don’t create more noise. Let’s help Educate those around us about noise. 29 Monday, May 14, 12
30. About Me. Geek Podcaster | Tech65.org Engineer + Acoustician Audio Developer | Sonoport Contact : @ntt | chinpen.net is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. All images are licensed CC, acquired from Flickr 30 Monday, May 14, 12