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Show SUSC Community Development specialist studying city noises as health hazards 1 ! Noise is a product of our industrial in-dustrial age, rising at the rate iof one deciBel each year with thc addition of new and nois-'ior nois-'ior devices designed to make lour life easier and more comfortable. com-fortable. The general sound level of most communities has , .risen over a thousand fold since 1930, resulting in over 18 million Americans who now suffer some degree of hearing loss. That loud blasts of industrial indus-trial noise can render a per-son per-son deaf has been known for "years, but the fact that lower Jsound levels experienced over a longer time produce the Jsame effect is just being understood. un-derstood. Besides causing a loss of hearing, noise stress is Jnow realized by leading med-Jical med-Jical investigators as being re-(sponsible re-(sponsible for many other Jliealth disorders. Above 70 deciBels (a measure mea-sure of sound intensity) the Sbody's nervous system auto-"matically auto-"matically reacts, causing a re- i J. ? . il. 11 3 1 Hearing losses are experienced after exposure to over 85 deciBels, deci-Bels, health damage over 70 deciBels, and general annoyance annoy-ance from noise can begin at ay sound level. Robin DeVore.s at Southern Utah State College is conducting con-ducting a survey of Cedar City to determine if there are any noise sources in the community commun-ity which could be a health hazard, cause annoyance, or interfere with normal activity. As part of his study, Mr. De-Vore De-Vore isasking that any individual indiv-idual who experiences annoyance an-noyance from noise during work, leisure, or sleep, please send a postcard or letter to him indicating: 1. What the source of noise is; 2. When or where this occurs; and 3. Any suggestions about eliminating or reducing noise annoyances. Address letter or card to Robin DeVore, Office of Community Com-munity Development, Southern South-ern Utah State College, Cedar City, Utah 84720. auction in ine oioou supply io Jskin and organs, while making mak-ing the heart pump harder and faster. Other disorders mentioned by doctors were "eyestrain, headaches, fatigue, disruption of digestion, increased increa-sed blood cholesterol, and even ev-en increased dental caries. |