Abstract
Noise pollution has been a major issue in the last decade. Noise was shown to cause adverse health effects including noise-induced hearing impairment, annoyance, sleep disturbance, and cardiovascular diseases. Transportation noise has been the most common one among all noise sources in urban areas. A study has been initiated in Istanbul, Turkey in order to evaluate the effects of highway noise on annoyance and myocardial infarction. A total of 2000 surveys will be conducted in 6 hospitals in Istanbul. The highway noise levels are obtained from the noise maps prepared by Environmental Protection Department of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. This manuscript presents the highway noise exposure levels in Istanbul and early findings regarding the annoyance effects of highway traffic noise.
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