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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Road traffic noise around schools: a risk for pupil's performance?
Amando GarcíaAna M. GarcíaSofía A. Sanzsubject
MaleeducationAmbient noise levelApplied psychologyPoison controlInjury preventionReaction TimeHumansMedicineAttentionChildStudentsSocioeconomic statusVerbal Behaviorbusiness.industryTraffic noisePublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthTest (assessment)NoiseNoise TransportationSpainQUIETSpeech PerceptionEducational StatusFemalebusinessAutomobilesdescription
Noise levels around educational centres can negatively affect the performance of both teachers and pupils. Two public schools in Valencia, Spain, were selected for study. One of these schools was exposed to excessively high road traffic noise levels while the other was located in a relatively quiet area. The socioeconomic level of those attending the schools was very similar. A set of external and internal noise measurements were carried out, along with two different attention tests among the children. Test results were consistently better (both for tests and for children from different classrooms in each school) in the quiet school. Exposure to high traffic noise levels in the noisy school over the whole school year is a plausible determinant of these results.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-10-01 | International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |