SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Cognition.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of low-frequency noise exposure on cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Chronic Noise Exposure and Risk of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- The prevalence of occupational exposure to noise: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury.Environment international · 2021Pooled it
- Traffic Noise and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Evidence for Environmental Noise Effects on Health for the United Kingdom Policy Context: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Environmental Noise on Mental Health, Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Cancer, Dementia, Birth, Reproductive Outcomes, and Cognition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Environmental Noise Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Problems in Children: a Systematic Review.Current environmental health reports · 2018Pooled it
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- Noise matters: assessing non-auditory health impacts of occupational noise exposure among factory workers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association of Military Aircraft Noise Exposure with Mental Well-Being and Sleep Disturbance near a Military Air Base in Okinawa, Japan: An Ecological Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Short-term effects of chemical and noise pollution during heat and cold waves on emergency hospital admissions in Madrid.International journal of biometeorology · 2025Article
- Moving beyond the noise: geospatial modelling of urban sound environments in a sub-Saharan African city.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Impact of Social Stress on Trustworthiness Judgments in Schizophrenia.PsyCh journal · 2025Article
- Global Burden of Disease from Environmental Factors.Annual review of public health · 2025Review
- The moderating effect of the psychosocial working conditions (effort/reward/overcommitment) on the association between noise annoyance and cognitive performance among adolescents.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Population health implications of exposure to pervasive military aircraft noise pollution.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Cognitive Health Costs of Poor Housing for Women: Exploring Executive Function and Housing Stress in Urban Slums in India.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Sensory stimulation enhances visual working memory capacity.Communications psychology · 2024Article
- [Exposure to noise at home, emotional behaviour, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 9-year-old children].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2024Article
- The Health-Related and Learning Performance Effects of Air Pollution and Other Urban-Related Environmental Factors on School-Age Children and Adolescents-A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews.Current environmental health reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
This systematic review assesses the quality of the evidence across individual studies on the effect of environmental noise (road traffic, aircraft, and train and railway noise) on cognition. Quantitative non-experimental studies of the association between environmental noise exposure on child and adult cognitive performance published up to June 2015 were reviewed: no limit was placed on the start date for the search. A total of 34 papers were identified, all of which were of child populations. 82% of the papers were of cross-sectional design, with fewer studies of longitudinal or intervention design. A range of cognitive outcomes were examined. The quality of the evidence across the studies for each individual noise source and cognitive outcome was assessed using an adaptation of GRADE methodology. This review found, given the predominance of cross-sectional studies, that the quality of the evidence across studies ranged from being of moderate quality for an effect for some outcomes, e.g., aircraft noise effects on reading comprehension and on long-term memory, to no effect for other outcomes such as attention and executive function and for some noise sources such as road traffic noise and railway noise. The GRADE evaluation of low quality evidence across studies for some cognitive domains and for some noise sources does not necessarily mean that there are no effects: rather, that more robust and a greater number of studies are required.
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