title: A historical vignette (21). A tribute to noise.
abstract: A tribute to noise. Noise is not only the harmful waste of the world of sounds. Some noises have contributed, or continue to contribute, an added value in three fields at least: Internal Medicine, Audiology and Music. Moreover, they are perceived naturally by the ear (Figure 1).
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tainmont
mesh_terms: D001298:Audiology / Q000266:history*; D001299:Audiometry / Q000266:history; D001314:Auscultation / Q000266:history*; D004867:Equipment Design; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D019023:Stethoscopes / Q000266:history; D013689:Telephone / Q000266:history