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[00:00.72]Lesson 25
[00:03.39]Non-auditory effects of noise
[00:13.04]What conclusion does the author draw about noise and health in this piece?
[00:20.97]Many people in industry and the Services,
[00:24.92]who have practical experience of noise,
[00:28.11]regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time;
[00:33.52]they are not prepared even to admit the possibility that noise affects people.
[00:39.59]On the other hand,
[00:41.14]those who dislike noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence
[00:46.05]to support their pleas for a quieter society.
[00:51.24]This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause,
[00:57.25]and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with bad science.
[01:04.03]One allegation often made is that noise produces mental illness.
[01:09.78]A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance,
[01:14.08]was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a state of considerable distress,
[01:20.72]with the caption 'She was yet another victim, reduced to a screaming wreck'.
[01:28.22]On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist
[01:33.76]who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more