Find out what noise consultants really do

Noise pollution is becoming quite a big issue in many built-up areas these days and of late I’ve begun to think that maybe an noise consultant could do something to reduce noise levels.

As it happens, continuous noise pollution is not such a problem as sudden peaks & troughs although in the workplace, steady noise that isn’t particularly loud is quite often a problem and give rise to partial deafness.

Perhaps one of the biggest human aspects of noise is that it has a detrimental impact on sleep and continuous low-level sleep deprivation is bad for psychological and thus physical health.

For an Acoustic consultant this ,of course, will be familiar territory. Acoustic engineers use the latest acoustic apparatus to record decibel levels & pin-point sources of noise. By designing buildings to absorb sound energy they are able to significantly improve the quality of life for anyone in the vicinity and thus improve their well-being too.

A common problem is due to aircraft sound levels, particularly around busy airports like London Heathrow where jets come in low over inhabited areas. Even though there are usually controls on take off and landing times, major international & national airports effectively operate virtually 24 hours a day. Noise consultants are sometimes being used by airport protestors now to record sound levels and then to act as experts in environmental assessment studies.

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