The estimated cost of noise pollution is $30.8 billion a year - and that’s just in Europe.Read the paper in full, or check out some of the most fascinating facts below. “The research examines the causes and impacts of sound on our health, recovery from illness or surgery, our ability to absorb information and learn, our productivity, and general sense of wellbeing.” “This paper is based on exhaustive review of academic papers, and reports from national governments and multinational bodies, going back some 40 years,” it begins.
To this end, Treasure’s The Sound Agency has teamed up with Biamp Systems to create a whitepaper called “Building in Sound,” a look at the data linking sound and well-being. Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 stepsĮveryone think more about what they hear around them - because the way things sound have a tangible, measurable effect on how we feel, how we heal, how we work and how we live. That’s why he’s given TED talks like “ The 4 ways sound affects us” and “ Why architects need to use their ears.” Treasure is on a mission to make policymakers, engineers, architects and, well, Julian Treasure cares very deeply for your ears. Julian Treasure takes the stage at TEDGlobal 2009, sharing the shocking fact that - when you can hear others talking in an open office - productivity dips by 66%.
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