Abstract
Today, noise pollution in educational institutions presents a serious problematic pushing the world to work on finding durable solutions. Many recent studies have been conducted in many countries for the purpose of reducing and maintaining ambient noise levels inside the school environment to the adequate level, to provide good teaching and learning conditions for both teachers and students. The two articles treating noise pollution at school environment in South Africa and in China, were analysed in this review in order to present different solutions to this problem and their adequacy to maintain noise pollution in scholar environment.
Highlights
According to the definition found in the Oxford dictionary, noise is “”A sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance.”“ which means an unwanted sound, constantly happening, that harms the human body the ears.Noise pollution called environmental noise is an undesired excessive sound with damaging effects on human health and his living quality
This study proved that noise level in occupied classrooms in Hong Kong exceeded the recommended levels, more than unoccupied ones [12,13]
The results presented above conclude numerous observations: All schools were affected by the background noise that surpass 50 dB which is the recommended level [11]
Summary
According to the definition found in the Oxford dictionary, noise is “”A sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance.”“ which means an unwanted sound, constantly happening, that harms the human body the ears.Noise pollution called environmental noise is an undesired excessive sound with damaging effects on human health and his living quality. According to the definition found in the Oxford dictionary, noise is “”A sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance.”“ which means an unwanted sound, constantly happening, that harms the human body the ears. Noise pollution is engendered from side-by-side outdoor activities as heavy industry manufactories and from daily dynamic operations like air traffic, highways and railways. Noise Pollution in the School Environment is an aching issue that detriment the educational system staff, consisting of students; teachers and school management crew, not just in their professional life and in their personal life. Background noise refers to two principal categories: External and internal sources [1]. The external sources are generally related to neighbourhood traffic and noisy activities around. The internal sources are linked to voices produced by students, teachers and all the employees inside the school
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