title: Physiological acoustics and health.
abstract: This paper reviews work on the assessment of the damaging effect of noise on man's auditory system, the degree to which the auditory system interacts directly with the autonomic system of the body, noise as the sole or contributory cause of general (nonauditory) physiological and psychological ill health in communities, and the effect of noise on general health in industry.
mesh_terms: D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006262:Health; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012022:Reflex, Acoustic; D012890:Sleep; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology; D014661:Vasoconstriction