Psychological Disturbance: Social Complaints

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Term Paper Title	Psychological Disturbance: Social Complaints
# of Words	2007
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	8.03

Psychological Disturbance: Social Complaints
A noise need not be at all loud to be disturbing. Think of the dripping tap. I have known musicians, for instance, whose ire is immediately aroused if they enter a room where background music is present. Others may be irritated by the sound of a certain voice, a neighbour's pet, or even the modest hum of a computer.
Regardless of the magnitude of annoying sounds, there is no doubt that public complaints everywhere are on a massive upward swing. Noise complaints received by Environmental Health Officers in Britain more than doubled between 1983 and 1992, and complaints against aircraft noise quadrupled. In Rio de Janeiro, 60 percent of all public complaints in 1998 were noise-related. According to the U.S. Census, noise ranks higher than crime, traffic and public services as a cause of dissatisfaction with urban environments. When New York City opened a hot line for complaints, 70 percent of all calls dealt with noise, far above those concerned about crime, alcohol, or prostitution, much to the surprise of public officials.
Whatever its effects on health, as a psychological irritant noise is moving to the top position in modern society. As a former U.S. S
Previous research in the United States and Britain has shown that when ten people are exposed to loud noise, only two will complain to officials. Researchers discovered that the other eight let it pass. Not because they were not upset; they were, but because they felt complaining would do no good. Not so today. Today, people are raising concerns about noise at a growing rate. The popular press has published much information on the links between noise and our health, and noise and the deterioration of our quality of life.
It could be that we are so stressed as a society that people are reaching for any way to get more "peace and quiet". Think of real estate ads for a moment; they always advertise "quiet street", they never say "a nice noisy street". And don't think that noise is a recent concern. Noise bylaws were in place in Greek and Roman times. Consider this quote from Roman poet Juvenal: "How much sleep, I ask you, can one get in lodging here... The wagons thundering past, the shouts of draymen caught in traffic - these alone suffice to jolt the doziest sea-cow of an emperor into permanent wakefulness".

When Is Noise A Problem?
Noise is "unwanted sound". Any sound from any source whatsoever: human, animal or thing, can produce "unreasonable noise". The s...

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