Effects of Noise and Children
Effects of Noise on Childrens Behavior Noise poses a serious threat to childrens hearing, health, learning and behavior. Recent research suggests that quiet promotes an environment which will foster learning, as well as the opportunity for parents and children to enjoy each others company. Parents must analyze their own home and recreational activities and make every effort to include quiet times with their children, reading, talking around the dinner table and listening to their children. Offer Your Children the Opportunity for Peace and Quiet Where todays market offers children a variety of noisy toys, loud and boisterous recreational activities and the message that "loud is cool", parents must provide children with the opportunity for peace and quiet in their lives. ... If we want children to live in a world of peace, we must first offer them a world with the opportunity for quiet. Effects of Noise on Childrens Learning Noise poses a serious threat to our childrens hearing, health, learning and behavior. Recent research suggests that quiet promotes an environment which will foster learning, as well as the opportunity for parents and children to enjoy each others company. Parents must analyze their own home and recreational activities and make every effort to include quiet time with their children, reading, talking around the dinner table and listening to their children. Noise and Childrens Learning Studies show the noise negatively impacts childrens cognitive development. ... Dennis McCarthy, in a landmark study in 1975, found that students reading scores were affected by noise. ... McCarthy examined reading scores of children in a school where classes were located adjacent to elevated train tracks and compared them with reading scores of students on the quiet side of the school.