ReviewJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2025
Noise and mental health: evidence, mechanisms, and consequences.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies Addressing Environmental Noise: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Mental health effects of exposure to environmental noise at home: A systematic review of potential mediating pathways.Noise & healthPooled it
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- A randomized, double-blind, crossover study of acute low-level night-time road traffic noise: effects on vascular function, sleep, and proteomic signatures in healthy adults.Cardiovascular research · 2026Trial
- Residential road traffic noise and incidence of depression in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Measuring the Impacts of Urbanicity and Different Exposome Factors on Human Brain through Exposure Network Mapping.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
- [Noise and the heart].Herz · 2026Review
- Noise Exposure in a Dental Teaching Hospital: Investigations and Recommendations for Dental Personnel.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026Article
- Multifunctional Piezoelectric Foams Enabling Noise Absorption and Deep-Learning-Driven Motion Recognition.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Article
- Associations of Occupational Noise Exposure with Hearing-Related Functional Difficulty and Menstrual Abnormalities Among Female Workers - Selected Regions, China, 2024-2025.China CDC weekly · 2026Article
- Arabic Validation of the Noise-Induced Hearing Loss-Symptoms (NIHL-S) Scale Among Civilians Exposed to Loud Blasts During the 2024 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Integrating noise as a risk factor in studies of Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Guidance for epidemiologic research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
- Bandwidth broadening in cavity-type sound-absorbing metamaterials via additional equivalent stiffness.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association Between Tinnitus and Angina Pectoris in U.S. Adults: Evidence from NHANES 2009-2018.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Acute High-Intensity Noise Exposure Induces Cognitive Impairment and Arachidonic Acid Metabolism-Related Molecular Alterations in Rats: A Multi-Omics Study.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Joint association of cumulative workplace environmental exposures and shift work with long-term work-limiting health conditions: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Urban noise-induced stress and decision-making: effects of high-intensity acoustic exposure on risk-based and intertemporal choices.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Resident-side health information for identifying community noise risks in digital public health governance.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
- Rethinking Urbanicity: Conceptualizing Neighborhood Effects on Women's Mental Health in Kampala's Urban Slums.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The recognition of noise exposure as a prominent environmental determinant of public health has grown substantially. While recent years have yielded a wealth of evidence linking environmental noise exposure primarily to cardiovascular ailments, our understanding of the detrimental effects of noise on the brain and mental health outcomes remains limited. Despite being a nascent research area, an increasing body of compelling research and conclusive findings confirms that exposure to noise, particularly from sources such as traffic, can potentially impact the central nervous system. These harms of noise increase the susceptibility to mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, suicide, and behavioral problems in children and adolescents. From a mechanistic perspective, several investigations propose direct adverse phenotypic changes in brain tissue by noise (e.g. neuroinflammation, cerebral oxidative stress), in addition to feedback signaling by remote organ damage, dysregulated immune cells, and impaired circadian rhythms, which may collectively contribute to noise-dependent impairment of mental health. This concise review linking noise exposure to mental health outcomes seeks to fill research gaps by assessing current findings from studies involving both humans and animals.
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