November 18, 2017
Australia, Health, Noise

Case Report: Cross-Sensitisation to Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise

Rapley, Bruce; Bakker, Huub; Alves-Pereira, Mariana; and Summers, Rachel

Abstract – This Case Report describes an episode experienced by two noise-sensitised individuals during a field trip. Exposed to residential infrasound and low frequency noise due to coal mining activities, the subjects reacted suddenly, strongly and unexpectedly to pressure pulses generated by a wind farm located at a different town, approximately 160km by road from their residence. Simultaneous physiological data obtained in one subject and subjective sensations occurring during the episode are reported. Acoustical evaluations of the location of the episode are also reported. The possibility of a nocebo effect as an etiological factor for their bodily reactions is cogently eliminated.

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Mrs T’s physiological responses between 5 and 6 pm, as recorded with the Zephyr Biopatch

Bruce Rapley, Atkinson & Rapley Consulting, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Huub Bakker, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New
Zealand

Mariana Alves-Pereira, School of Economic Sciences and Organizations, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
Rachel Summers, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Presented at the 12th ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, 18–22 June 2017, Zurich

Download original document: “Case Report: Cross-Sensitisation to Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise [2]


URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/case-report-cross-sensitisation-to-infrasound-and-low-frequency-noise/


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[1] Image: https://docs.wind-watch.org/Rapley-Fig5.png

[2] Case Report: Cross-Sensitisation to Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise: https://docs.wind-watch.org/ICBEN-2017_Rapley_1001_3872.pdf