WHO guidance Archives - ICAN Acoustics

Noise plan for Dublin airport causes turbulence for locals

Some Dublin residents living under flight paths are unhappy that a new plan for Dublin airport is not adopting World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on permitted noise levels for aircraft. Fingal county council, which will become the noise regulator for the airport under proposals drawn up by transport minister Shane Ross, submitted a draft five-year [...]

Intensive care patients plagued by excessive noise, finds research

Hospital intensive care units generate a cacophony of noise that far exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, research has suggested. Staff running a typical intensive care unit (ICU) in Belgium carried out a study of noise levels in one ward after complaints from patients. They used a sound level monitor to record decibels continuously for [...]