Open AccessNoise in the neonatal intensive care unit: a new approach to examining acoustic events.
Author(s) -
Shaylynn W Smith,
Amanda Ortmann,
William W. Clark
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
doaj (doaj: directory of open access journals)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 48
pISSN - 1463-1741
DOI - 10.4103/nah.nah_53_17
Subject(s) - decibel , neonatal intensive care unit , noise (video) , medicine , intensive care , noise pollution , audiology , pediatrics , acoustics , noise reduction , intensive care medicine , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Environmental noise is associated with negative developmental outcomes for infants treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The existing noise level recommendations are outdated, with current studies showing that these standards are universally unattainable in the modern NICU environment.