title: 'Wind turbine syndrome': fact or fiction?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Symptoms, including tinnitus, ear pain and vertigo, have been reported following exposure to wind turbine noise. This review addresses the effects of infrasound and low frequency noise and questions the existence of 'wind turbine syndrome'.
  
  
  METHODS
  This review is based on a search for articles published within the last 10 years, conducted using the PubMed database and Google Scholar search engine, which included in their title or abstract the terms 'wind turbine', 'infrasound' or 'low frequency noise'.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is evidence that infrasound has a physiological effect on the ear. Until this effect is fully understood, it is impossible to conclude that wind turbine noise does not cause any of the symptoms described. However, many believe that these symptoms are related largely to the stress caused by unwanted noise exposure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is some evidence of symptoms in patients exposed to wind turbine noise. The effects of infrasound require further investigation.
authors: Department of ENT Head and Neck Surgery, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, Wales, UK. amirfarboud@doctors.net.uk
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authors: Trinidade
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004423:Ear; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010146:Pain; D011210:Power Plants; D014012:Tinnitus; D014717:Vertigo; D014919:Wind