Noise destroys children's health: the campaign ‘I Hear Good Sounds’

The 5th edition of the noise-fighting campaign ‘I Hear Good Sounds’, initiated by the Philharmonic Mieczysław Karłowicz in Szczecin is underway. The aim of the project is to educate the health, especially of children, of noise and promote good practice in the field of building acoustics. The campaign will be concluded with a nationwide online conference that will take place on February 16 this year.

"One-third of Poles of all ages live in excessive noise, including most primary school children. Our hearing slowly deteriorates, which affects the overall quality of life. The hustle and bustle is the most common reason for the psychomotor hyperactivity of the youngest. The number of hearing-impaired children is growing so quickly that specialists have started classifying hearing loss as a civilization disease,” Hanna Wilińska from the Philharmonic Education Center in Szczecin said.

During the online conference ‘Hear the Future – Challenges of Acoustic Ecology’, which will be held on February 16 from 10.00-18.00, representatives of the scientific community, activists from the third sector, employees of companies related to acoustics and medical centers will be speakers. In their speeches, they will cover such topics as city acoustics, noise in public spaces, hearing psychology, hearing hygiene, modern technologies in the field of working with sound and acoustic design. The theoretical knowledge will be confronted with artistic and pedagogical practices.

(WBJ)