Markus Meis

TL;DR: Examination of multimethodological indices of stress among children living under 50 dB or above 60 dB (A-weighted, day-night average sound levels) in small towns and villages in Austria found children in the noisier areas had elevated resting systolic blood pressure and 8-h, overnight urinary cortisol.

TL;DR: This article found that chronic noise exposure was significantly related to both intentional and incidental memory, and recognition memory was worse for the chronically noise-exposed children, while no effects of chronic exposure were seen on visual search performance.

TL;DR: Investigating the relation between typical ambient noise levels and multiple mental health indices of school children considering psychosocial and biological risk factors as potential moderators found exposure to ambient noise was associated with small decrements in children's mental health and poorer classroom behaviour.

TL;DR: Focus group discussions were conducted with older adults and their relatives to determine the ergonomic and functional requirements of assistive devices for fall detection and fall prevention and to include these requirements in a user-centered development process.

TL;DR: Results showed a significant decrease of total quality of life 18 month after aircraft noise exposure as well as a motivational deficits operationalized by fewer attempts to solve insoluble puzzles in the new airport area, in accord with reports of impaired psychological health after noise exposure.