Association between community noise and children’s cognitive and behavioral development: A prospective cohort study

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Environment International

Volume 158, January 2022, 106961

Michelle Raess, Alexandra Valeria, Maria Brentani,Benjamin Flückiger, Bartolomeu Ledebur de Antas de Campos,Günther Fink, Martin Röösli

Highlights

• Consequences of noise have rarely been studied in children aged 6 years or younger.
• Average noise exposure among Brazilian children in this sample is high.
• In longitudinal analysis, noise was associated with increased behavioral problems.
• Also cognitive development was negatively correlated with community noise exposure.