Recommendation regarding Different Methods of Protecting Against Noise

Department of environment should persuade the population to use the existing methods of protecting the populace. This process can be done through information campaigns, guidelines, consensus standards, codes of practice, or regulations on the international, national, regional or local level. Although many of the noise abatement measure overlap. It would be useful to examine them briefly by noise source category

B-1 : Aircraft / Airport Noise

One of the most effective means of controlling aircraft noise exposure is to control the noise emitted by the engines

B-2 : Road Traffic Noise

Many of the strategies for aircraft noise abatement can also be applied to the noise from road traffic.

B-3 : Rail Road Noise

Although diesel engines are considerably quieter than their steam predecessors, noise control should still be kept in mind during their manufacture.

B-4 : Noise in Buildings

Techniques to control noise in buildings are not unduly sophisticated. However, builders and architects are too often unaware of these techniques, or likely to overlook them for the sake of economy.

B-5 : Industrial Noise

Engineering controls: Significant progress has been towards the development of engineering solution for even the most recalcitrant industrial noise problems.

B-6 : Hearing Protectors and Audiometric Testing Programs are also Effective Means of Reducing Noise

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