ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2002
Multilevel modelling of aircraft noise on performance tests in schools around Heathrow Airport London.
Article in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Cognition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Classroom acoustics as a consideration for inclusive education in South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2017Pooled it
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- The Effect of Low Frequency Noises Exposure on the Precision of Human at the Mathematical Tasks.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of Nocturnal Aircraft Noise and Non-Acoustical Factors on Short-Term Annoyance in Primary School Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Residential Segregation, and Spatial Variation in Noise Exposure in the Contiguous United States.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Article
- Learning in Complex Environments: The Effects of Background Speech on Early Word Learning.Child development · 2016Article
- Health Effects of Noise Exposure in Children.Current environmental health reports · 2015Review
- Association between ambient noise exposure and school performance of children living in an urban area: a cross-sectional population-based study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2014Article
- Emotional distractors can enhance attention.Psychological science · 2013Article
- Does noise affect learning? A short review on noise effects on cognitive performance in children.Frontiers in psychology · 2013Review
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- Creating nurturing environments: a science-based framework for promoting child health and development within high-poverty neighborhoods.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2011Review
- Neurobehavioral effects of transportation noise in primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2010Article
- Health consequences of aircraft noise.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2008Article
- Environmental justice, cumulative environmental risk, and health among low- and middle-income children in upstate New York.American journal of public health · 2004Article
- The Impact of Aircraft Noise on the Cognitive Function of Elementary School Students in Korea.Noise & healthArticle
- Integrated Effects of Environmental and Classroom Noise on Attention and Learning in School-age Children.Noise & healthReview
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveTo examine the effects of chronic exposure to aircraft noise on children's school performance taking into account social class and school characteristics.
designThis is a cross sectional study using the National Standardised Scores (SATs) in mathematics, science, and English (11 000 scores from children aged 11 years). The analyses used multilevel modelling to determine the effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on childrens' school performance adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic and school factors in 123 primary schools around Heathrow Airport. Schools were assigned aircraft noise exposure level from the 1994 Civil Aviation Authority aircraft noise contour maps.
settingPrimary schools.
participantsThe sample were approximately 11 000 children in year 6 (approximately 11 years old) from 123 schools in the three boroughs surrounding Heathrow Airport. MAIN
resultsChronic exposure to aircraft noise was significantly related to poorer reading and mathematics performance. After adjustment for the average socioeconomic status of the school intake (measured by percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals) these associations were no longer statistically significant.
conclusionsChronic exposure to aircraft noise is associated with school performance in reading and mathematics in a dose-response function but this association is confounded by socioeconomic factors.
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