On this page you'll find a selection of resources that explore the impact that noise, and its ability to build up a sound pressure, has on sleep and ultimately health.

You'll also find resources that discuss infrasound - the sounds that animals use to communicate but that most people can't hear because of the very low frequency. These are the unheard sounds often responsible for frequent night-time bathroom visits and a myriad of aches and pains in people who live near busy roads, windfarms, train tracks and airports.

Set back

A relatively 'safe' setback between your home and Windturbines, Trains, or Airports and Flightpath is 2km

Locator

Click on your city or country to see its noise map
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Books

Sleep-Powered Wellness: Better Bedrooms for Turbocharged Zzzz's by Angela Hobbs 2011
The Sleep-Powered Wellness Workbook: Better Bedrooms for Better Sleep by Angela Hobbs 2012
The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want by Garret Keizer 2010
An intelligent discussion of noise and the impact it has on our lives and teh need for better regulation
Managing Noise and Vibration at Work: A practical guide to assessment, measurement and control by Tim South 2004
South explores everything from noise measurement to the impact that sound vibrations have on the body
Noise Control Manual for Residential Buildings by David Harris 1997
A how-to guide or anyone trying to reuce the noise level in a their home
Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of Whales, Elephants, and Birds by April Pulley Sayre 2006
Sayre profiles the work of three scientist in sudying the sounds that animals use, often in the infrasound range 
Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants by Katy Payne 1999
Payne explores the life of African elephants revealing their intelligent communication using the infrasound range that most people can't hear.