Noise makes you sick - How can we deal with noise pollution? | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2022
- Whether it’s loud trucks, planes taking off or rattling freight trains: Noise makes people sick. But there are innovative solutions to reduce noise. This documentary presents some of them.
So-called "crossbars" are a great relief for many residents of noisy cities. These are new buildings that close gaps between rows of houses to keep street noise out.
In the Middle Rhine Valley, as many as 600 trains thunder over the tracks in a given day. In recent years, so-called whisper brakes have been installed on many rail cars to reduce rail noise. But for local residents, it’s not enough. They are calling for further "quiet” measures.
The start-up "recalm" wants to use "antisound" to reduce noise in mining vehicles. Until now, drivers had the roar and hum of the machines in their ears for eight hours a day, all but guaranteeing hearing loss. With the new high-tech system, low frequencies are reduced, leading to 50% less noise.
Owls are silent. That’s why they are the perfect model for Professor Jan Werner Delfs of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Braunschweig. Along with a colleague, the acoustics expert and aerodynamics engineer is researching the art of silent flight - and thus the possibility of making aircraft fly more quietly.
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Finally something that my neighbours should see and realise 😑
I've live near a busy intersection, loud muscle cars, train tracks, BART train, airport, a hospital, a police depot, an office building generator... Very stressful, even sickening.
You only have to take a day trip in an old noisy car and do it again in a new quiet car to see how large the effects of prolonged noise exposure are on a person, it fatigues the mind!
Silence is indeed golden the older you get so its great to see some of the solutions here.
They still generate the same amount of noise outside. Modern cars protect the people inside, not outside!
@@puffinjuice have you ever been around an electric car ? If you have I think you would never have made the comment you made :)
The worst has to be noisy neighbours and their screaming children. I have very bad thoughts of what I want to do to them!
🥲Me too. I had to use Earphone while Studying bcoz of nasty neighbours
@@shetty98 it is terrible that people haven’t learned to respect your neighbors so sad
The worst is an abusive neighbor terrorizing their spouse and everyone in the building every weekend ,holiday or payday and their police refuse to take away the perpetrator and vilify the remaining tenants in the building 💔
I feel the same
go get mental help bud
Have noticed how traffic noise in Japan has been getting less awful in residential areas with greater numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles as family cars here. Fascinating documentary and inspiring researchers.
One of the best solutions for reducing traffic noise is, and this may shock you, reducing traffic. Solve the cause rather than trying to bandaid the symptoms.
Honestly, i think it just comes down to budgetary problems. There were plans similar to this that was completely diminished due to its high demand so I wouldn't be surprised if the traffic problem continues in another decade or so. Not to mention, cars increase in the roads day by day so creating a solution like building another road infrastructure would only mean as a temporary gateway.
Or you could produce motor vehicles and trains that make very little noise. It is possible, but the will has to be there.
we need to get rid of zoning laws, and allow 3-5 story buildings to exist with the 1st story being businesses that aren't loud, etc. Then we can walk/bike anywhere without needing a car, everything will be denser if you don't need parking lots, so you don't need a car. and it'll help with co2 as well. add thorium nuclear reactor power for a real kicker.
100%. Cars stink.
So stop driving a car.
In US, noise is increasing constantly. There is no vehicle noise testing equipment installed on highways where exhaust pipes are often straight without any muffler installed. Police busy with other tasks , are not expected to deal with excessive exhaust noise. local city govs. need to hire equip testing staff to handle the enforcement for the ignored regs.
This is why European countries are always ahead in inventions. They invest in Research and Development. In Africa I can't think of someone being paid just to listen at noises in streets or to just look at an owl 🦉 fly. 👌. Research & development is not a waste. Thank you DW. ❤️
Instead he’ll use his time for research to go booze or do his home task and come month end to collect paycheque
smart people make changes:) We need more educated people all over the world ,only way for us as civilization to live peacefully and prosper :D Without religions,politics etc
They'll demonise the owl
Once I rented an apartment near the big crossroad. It was awfully. I will never repeat this mistake. I had a lot of headaches and couldn't sleep well
This is why i go camping in the woods for a few days to relax and recharge my inner soul .
A key reason why I prefer to live in a rural area!
I found that noise in the US is very annoying to me, I can’t hear very well and I get the feeling of “deaf by surrounding noise.” I find loud noises very annoying, even loud engine noise are the worst even when mufflers are used. I just can’t have loud engine noise going though a quiet town like Rexburg, ID.
First, decrease the cars on the roads and the noise will come down automatically. Secondly, I don't think the main noise source in a jet is the turbulence, it's the engine itself.
Good luck decreasing car usage in German cities.
@@GirtonOramsay true, and the stupid thing is, Germany can look to their western neighbour(s).
Dutch cities are quite a bit quieter than in Germany
DW rules the documentary game!
Some European countries are incredibly advanced! Wow! Most countries in the world have not even identified NOISE as a major health problem, and these countries are already solving the issues. Humans love to make noise, and the level at which its increasing is quite terrifying.
Back in the 90s in Germany, the railroad used rubber linings on train wheels, but due to the accident in Eschede in 1998, it was abandoned. The search for silence loses value when it comes to security.
I never know that disk brakes could be so noticeable quieter it's nuts well done
I live in a flat and the noise when cars and motorcycles pass especially at night when sleeping is outrageous but I and my kids are use to it and babies love white noise and sleep through it.
I wish such devices were made available in our country Kenya.
one of the greatest sources of noise is lawnmowers. if u have a neighbor mow for 90 minutes, then a 2nd neighbor mow for 90 minutes then a 3rd, that's 4.5 hours of noise. manufacturers need to make quieter mowers, or go back to reel mowers which are nearly silent. reel mowers are better for the environment as no oil or gas, either. one reason people are so fat, is they sit on a mower for 90 minutes, instead of getting exercise using their body to push and sweat it off.
Electric mowers are amazing, they are much quieter and the best part is they create no exhaust pollution, so you're not standing behind a loud mower breathing in noxious fumes.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I am noise sensitive.....I always hear a low-grade humming sound like a running diesel engine especially at night. It drives me nuts.
I know this urban noise pollution is real & not in my head. I believe it's high radio waves from high power lines & the 5g towers, also, smart meters.
I wish I could turn off the sound like a light switch. It's really effects our health in a negative way.
I wish we can soundproof our homes & also stop the vibrations that accompanies the annoying sounds 🙉🙉🙉📳
Noise weakens your nerves
I can’t imagine living in a major Indian city. The constant honking all the time
Get rid of noisy vehicles especially big fast motorbikes.
Support. I hate crazy motorcyclists of my town.
What a stupid comment is this ?? That’s the natural scream of a machinery !! Nobody will change that ! 😆💯
No need to get rid of bikes. Need to prohibit the noizy exhaust pipes
Seriously- if it’s the loud exhaust pipes that are the problem- does anyone know if they are prohibited in some places?
Where I live the noisiest bikes are cheap Chinese 125s with quickrot exhausts. It's a myth that big bikes going through urban zones at low revs create a lot of noise.
The worst of the worst are "enthusiasts" with their extremely loud mufflers on cars or motorcycles. The urban landscape is noisy enough without these blowhard's completely unnecessary loud choices in personal transport. No, "loud pipes" do not save lives but proper riding technique, safety gear, attitude, and especially road awareness does.
These antisocial blowhards often will be starting up their vehicles at 6am and drive through a suburban environment with no care at all. The transition to EV would be good alone to get rid of these vehicles.
Thank you for this!!!
I lives next to a market you can imagine the noise
Living in a big city is a big problem for people who are noice-sensitive . However, countries that have survived bombing(Serbia, Ukraine) have even bigger issue. You can't possibly imagine what kind of trauma people have when it comes to noice - planes flying really low have can terribly affect your hearing, psychologicaly and physically. Not to mention the sound of bombs which can drive you crazy. All these things can trigger a memory just by hearing a certain type of noice. I wish people talked about that more.
thank you for this !!!
I think noise helps me sleep (cars driving by etc) , but loud people are what wakes me
I work at the stores, when they're closed, and in the stock rooms in a total silence. It's OK, but I used to work at the supermarket in the afternoon, and it was a kind of hell.
Outstanding
I really need to use one of those accoustic cameras, on my neighborhood!
Almost all of us have certain type of sounds that bother us. Meditation and certain healing modalities can reduce how much they disturb us. Meditation can eventually develop us to the point where nothing disturbs/bothers us anymore. Making most of our technology much quieter is possible. Moving to a quieter area is sometimes wise if possible.
Come to New York City ....it will blow ur mind
In U.K. they build new family homes next to motorways, and industrial estates close to city centres, it’s backwards!
dw, u should do a documentary on green lawnmowers, including electric, battery powered, solar, and especially reel.
Shouting children (but not crying babies), trains, planes, mowing lawns and constructions very early in the morning, and the noise of highways don’t bother me at all. It’s just bass from music (even if it’s soft), 2 songs playing at once (like at a busy pool), repetitive dull noises, repetitive coughing/sniffling, and chewing sounds that drive me insane. But I get irrationally angry and irritable specifically with the bass. I once lived in a poorer area and the amount of people with loud stereo systems in their vehicles was too much for me. I got another job just to be able to afford to live in an affluent area so there’s no more bass.
Interesting
Almost all of us have certain type of sounds that bother us. Meditation and certain healing modalities can reduce how much they disturb us. Meditation can eventually develop us to the point where nothing disturbs/bothers us anymore.
Oh yes, doof-doof music makes me want to do very nasty things to people. I have a very bad physical reaction to it.
@@brianlittrell797 Dude that's pseudoscience. Meditation is new age hogwash with no actual benefits.
@@TheNightshadePrince You are incorrect. Mainstream science has for many years accepted that meditation has several strong benefits to the brain and body. Even the US Military has been taught it and practices it. There are many scientific studies that show the benefits. You can research it yourself.
The world is so loud now alot of selfish and vulgar people in the world from music to dogs, the only way I sleep is Bose quiet headphones. Listen to an ocean sounds etc earplugs etc did nothing dogs bark still heard... Even ear buds didn't completely help, but the noise cancelling headphones .,I'm a different person cause I can finally sleep
I left a fine home in memphis after the code enforce squad made me take the 4 inch foam sound insulation out of my windows!!!! The noise was a code violation and nobody enforced that!
Why would they not allow to put what you want in your own windows from inside?
@@EndritVj when bullying happened, never ask "why were the bullies doing that/able to do that"
if it was legally allowed, I would slap whoever asked. Just adding on to of fire. OP was already troubled being made to take foam off, now we make things worse by challenging the victim? people like you need to - a brick around their - and - yourself into the -.
@@EndritVji needed the 4 inches inside as well as the 4 inches outside it was 4 inch black coated and was even waterproof.
Omg 😮 thats so stupid
In this day and age DW should be able to come up with better image quality in their videos. This is NOT HD as claimed (480p at best). It really does affect the impact of Your stories.
I don’t like loud noise either.
WHY DO THE TREES NEED TO GO?!!!!
Very interesting. thanks
The problem is that low frequencies can't be stopped by just a little wall, the sound will easily bypass that. It can vibrate miles away if it's really bad. I had a problem in an old apartment where I used to live, the noise came from an industry 2 miles away, it was vibrating from the ground and my apartment was the resonance box literally. How do I know? Well, when there was a power outage at that industry my home was so damn quiet that lovely day. I thought I was crazy and just imagining the sound. Could do nothing about it so I had to move. The frequencies was measured to be below 100hz(measured with a microphone and enchanced in software, people still didn't believe me), most people that visited me couldn't hear it, only me and my father.
I hate those kind of sounds, imagine having a truck idling outside your apartment 24/7. And I also hate trucks, why do they have to be so loud?
@@taiopaisley1928 So sorry to hear about that, the only solution is to move if possible sadly.
The court yard in between the apartments is only quite if they don’t put a basketball court and put trees and plants.
Of all the places I'd been to, Nathan Road in Mongkok Hong Kong is the most unbearable in the inescapable noise, as well as diesel exhaust and heat from the congested traffic.Here in US cities, Americans seem tone dead to noise pollution. Now I have 20 acres all to myself in the countries I can never live in the cities except visits from time to time. Silence and nothing and mostly bird chirps is golden.
In my place the birds make noises at night.
Just fixed my toilet that was leaking for months. Yes it gave me internal peace..
Can’t get to a plane anymore (talking about 737-700 and -800) without my active noise canceling headset. Haven’t tried any other plane to tell if I could or not.
Malaysia 🇲🇾 i really like your documentary
I have a solution for you that why don't you just turn Polluted cars into electric cars (that's quieter)
Words can not help reflecting how DW is showing the ideal signs of what James Martin refers to as "high civilization"... quietness being considered a human right
you lost me at "the trees will have to go"
In my country, they play super loud music in the middle of the night outdoor !
What about the landscaping tools?
Will active noise reduction reduce or increase @vibroacousticdisease VAD ?
33:777 over my house is an airlines travel approach to slc UTAH airport. The jets can come at regular intervals. Is this bad. I can get loud sometimes. They are annoying.
Noise sure a concern..a pollution needing intervention... trees are good buffers!!
Interesting
if it's not the train nor a sportscar it's the neighbours, super!
Awesome
I need to show this video to my noisy neighbor. We can prevent noises, but how to prevent noisy people?
DUCT TAPE!!! 😲😂
I didn't know that there were dedicated professionals who are actively coming up with solutions to the noise problem (I know very ignorant of me). This is great and very much needed, I've noticed personally how much certain types of noise really affect me and disrupt my life, what I do almost all day is walk around with headphones. I need a noise barrier between me and all my neighbors, if it's not someone yelling at their children, it's the dogs, specifically this one dog that starts barking before 6 a.m. and barks all day.
to 3:04 get the train rails welded stop the rumbling surprised ??
Just like here in central Canada. Cannot sleep with the windows open
as an american it's really awful with cars, here's the fact cities aren't loud it's cars that are loud we need to take actions
noise is one of the worst things in life. my neighbors are aholes making way too much noise in spring and summer. I'm glad it's mostly quiet in winter. we need a global cooling, but that's not going to happen.
Trains, jets, barking dogs, loud mufflers.
Thanks from a safety engineer
Cars are the problem
Is it me or does Europe seem like a noise paradise compared to these dense places in the states
What about people who blab all the time? This is one of the main sound pollution sources nowadays.
There is a cross walk machine outside my apartment window. It beeps 24/7. Once you hear it you can't unhear it the rest of the day. There is a cross walk machine every 10 feet ridiculous.
The third day after I moved in a parade went past my with tubas and drums.
Bars and saloons partons are loud there are 12 with in 2 blocks of my apartment building. Firehouse up the street police station across the street. City Construction has been on going for 2 yrs. Once the drunks go home Morning traffic starts garbage trucks dump trucks school buses. I fell for the ad city apartment in trendy area....which means noisey loud no place to park no laundry....but it is trendy.
I can hardly believe that train brakes still act on the same running surface - disk brakes just seem obvious, especially as the wheels will stay circular and last longer as a result - cheaper and quicker to replace pads/disks/rotors than to rework the whole wheel surely? Building a wall to keep the noise out of a courtyard seemed completely obvious too, even without the use of sophistated equipment such as traffic cones to demonstrate the echo, and the sound cancelling technology demonstrated with the speakers has been available in headphones for decades - couldn't the digger driver just get a set of those and save himself over a thousand euros, or even just a set of ear defenders which should probably be mandatory anyway?
Limit the audio capacity of car stereos...alot of vulgar people in the world ..can't leave it to the individual to be respectful of peoples homes and peace. Thier thought is only of themselves.
You can muffle noise by plantation and vertical gardening
i live on a farm and the silence is deafening 😂😂
crickets are very, very powerful on my Aunts farm where I used to live over summer holidays.
Imho having opposing train wheels NOT be hard welded to the same axel would reduce noise and wheel wear.
Unfortunately there's noise in every city.
so, look into the issues of overcrowding. Why gentrify. of course the answer is one word - money/profit/greed
why let money overtake everything - that is the question.
Is noise now going to come with a health warning?
For me, the noise from cars/trains/planes does not bother me much. Noise from people are the worst.
Trains produce impact noises from their sheer weight that are difficult to mitigate. You can get rid of the screechy brakes but you'll still have the constant thump at every rail joint.
They can get rid of that noise by grinding the rails. It is done where I live.
Can Barely hear anything in My garden, Not even a Bird tweeting.
Phnom Penh noise pollution is insane.
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Hamburg has excessive noise.... haha that's cute....
come to mumbai... 😅
finally. weve all known this inside. i have. i need quiet.... thanks lol
The only noise that bothers me is the leaf blower noise in the early mornings.
Everyone wants to escape noise, but they want to take all their noise making machines with them. Then after a while they complain it’s not as quiet as it used to be …..
It does indeed make you sick it should be a human right to live in a peaceful place.
Noise pollution makes me feel bad
I wish people knew what Singapore is going through. This is nothing.
Dunno if it's because they're Germans. Eventhough i actually do get a feeling that's why. Either way. DW are extremely good at making stuff interesting. Whatever it is. Even how simple, or boring the toxic sounds.
When I see a thumbnail I'm like: " Well... I give it 10 min to entertain me".
But here I am.. Googling. Going down, deeper into the rabbit hole.
I don't mean specifically this episode. Cause this I knew was interesting.
But.. what I mean is. It happens almost every time, after I watch DW. Down the rabbit holes I go.
It's like VICE for grown ups😅
DW makes gold. Whatever they touch.
It's like when they chooses a topic. Someone blindfolded point at a random page in a encyclopedia. And no matter the word. The niche. They make it interesting🤙🏻
I live most polluted (noise, light and every other types) city of world .
God 🙏 please save me.
i surprised they documents everything i meant EVERYTHING!
why are they still using wheels on trains? mag lev
Sony WH1000XM5 is the Answer for noise
I must be the weirdo American over here because I can't sleep at all if it is too quiet. I had insomnia for a solid year after moving out and moving away from the trainyard where I constantly heard the freight trains, day and night, moving out or backing in (and all of the squeals and clicks that go with it). Regular traffic isn't enough!
Any continent channels noise to control particular organs
The reason the owl fly's so silently is two things. 1, no combustion engine. 2, Thousands & thousands of years of evolution.
@Irving Shekelstein that is right, apart from the god bit
@Irving Shekelstein you can do better than that, I know you can....
Cannot wait for you to use that sound Camera in India and see it go Haywire 😂