How Noise Affects Your Sleep and Health

Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, MScEpi is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania in the School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Behavioral Regulation and Health Section of the Department of Psychiatry. His research in particular focuses on sleep loss and its effect on cognition, as well as how noise affects sleep. Dr. Basner is the Senior Associate editor of the Sleep Health journal, and he serves on the editorial board of the journal Frontiers in Physiology. He has published over 100 original research articles in addition to reviewing articles for scientific journals. 

 

In today’s episode, Shay Beider speaks with Mathias Basner about his research with noise and the effect this has on sleep and health. He talks about the importance of getting quality sleep, and how this can be interrupted by noise from our surroundings. Dr. Basner discusses ways to minimize excess noise, and how to give the auditory system time to rest. He shares the importance of noise refuges and the positive physiological aspects of limiting excess volume. Finally, Dr. Basner highlights preventative measures people can take to protect their auditory system, and its connection to cognition and optimal health.

 

Transcripts for this episode are available at: https://www.integrativetouch.org/conversations-on-healing 

 

Show Notes:

Check out Mathias Basner TedTalk   Read the full text for  Mathias’s research paper on Noise Effects on Sleep and Health Consequences  Check out Mathias’s research paper on Auditory and non-auditory effects on noise and health  Buddhist monk loud sounds reflex study Keep an eye out for Mathias Basner’s upcoming study on researching the effects of white noise  Read about University of Pennsylvania's new hospital  geared towards making it a more conducive environment for healing

 

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