Other non-auditory disturbances
The effects of noise on man

In addition to the classic cardiovascular, hormonal and behavioral changes, noise can cause a wide variety of specific disturbances. Among the most commonly studied are effects on :

• Inner ear: nausea, loss of balance;

• vision: increase in pupillary diameter, reduction in field of vision (width, depth, contrast, relief, etc.), accommodation speed, adaptation to darkness;

• immune functions: reduced antibody and interferon synthesis, faster progression of certain chemically-induced cancers (rat, mouse).

In his book Effets du bruit sur l'homme (cf. [6][Doc. G 2 720v2] ), Kryter proposes...