Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children and their parents who sleep in a hospital setting are exposed to noise levels that that surpass WHO’s ...

One of the most common complaints about hospitals is the noise. Patients complain that they can't sleep soundly in the environment of multiple monitors, paging systems, wheelchairs and gurneys, and ...

Acoustical engineers say hospital noise levels have grown steadily over the past five decades, stressing patients and staff, raising the risk of medical errors and hindering efforts to modernize ...

Hospitals are too loud, and patients' sleep could be suffering because of it, suggests a new study. According to World Health Organization recommendations, noise in hospital rooms generally shouldn't ...

January 9, 2012 — Higher than recommended noise levels in patient rooms is associated with clinically significant sleep loss among hospitalized patients, and may impede patient recovery, according to ...

Patients often complain that getting a good night's sleep or a bit of peace and quiet in hospital can be difficult. But a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing has ...

For patients recovering from an illness or surgery, doctors first and foremost prescribe rest. But in many hospitals, noise from alarms on patient monitors, other equipment, and conversations is so ...

Announcements blare from overhead speakers. Electronic devices beep. Heating and cooling systems rumble. Employees and visitors speak loudly. This sound snapshot, researchers say, comes not from a ...