SoundEar noise warning devices cause a sustained reduction in ambient noise in adult critical care
Author(s) -
Nicholas Russell Plummer,
Anna Herbert,
James Edward Blundell,
Rachel Howarth,
Jacqueline Baldwin,
Shondipon Laha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the intensive care society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2057-360X
pISSN - 1751-1437
DOI - 10.1177/1751143718767773
Subject(s) - sound level meter , ambient noise level , sound (geography) , noise (video) , audiology , noise reduction , medicine , noise level , acoustics , computer science , hearing loss , physics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Elevated sound levels in critical care are associated with sleep deprivation and an increased incidence of delirium. We aimed to determine whether a sound-activated visual noise display meter could cause a sustained reduction in sound levels overnight in an adult critical care unit.
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