“Waking in an anxious frightened panicked state” and “pressure bolt sensations”—what clinical and acoustic clues can tell us about the causes of deteriorating physical and mental health

Abstract

Residents living in quiet rural areas report a variety of new symptoms correlating with exposure to new acoustic emissions from industrial sound and vibration sources, including large wind turbines, of which sleep disturbance is the most common. Some residents and their health practitioners report a unique pattern of sleep disturbance, which indicates physiological stress is occurring concurrently. Other clinical and acoustic clues such as “pressure bolt” sensations correlating with independently measured pressure pulses will also be shared. Neurophysiological pathways which appear to be activated by these acoustic stimuli will be discussed, followed by reference to the extensive body of clinical research supporting the current knowledge that both chronic sleep deprivation and chronic stress directly exacerbate pre existing diseases, as well as directly cause new diseases resulting in serious and sometimes irreversible damage to physical and mental health. Finally, specific research to investigate these physiological and pathological impacts, in order to determine safe threshold exposure levels for long term exposure to impulsive infrasound and low frequency noise will be proposed.