03168oam 2200457 450 991079447840332120230126221853.00-2280-0450-00-2280-0449-710.1515/9780228004493(CKB)4100000011529537(MiAaPQ)EBC6381878(DE-B1597)657459(DE-B1597)9780228004493(EXLCZ)99410000001152953720210415d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSound and noise a listener's guide to everyday life /Marcia Jenneth Epstein ; foreword by Arline BronzaftMontreal & Kingston ;London ;Chicago :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (409 pages)0-2280-0388-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Life without Earlids -- Sound Science -- Studying Sound -- Thunder, Rooster, Hammer, Hum -- Why Noise Annoys -- The Hearing Body -- The Mind's Ear -- Born Loud -- Growing Up Loud -- Working with Noise -- Quiet, Please: Noise Abatement -- Power and Danger -- The Cacophony of the Commons -- Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Noise and the Law -- Hearing and Healing: Soundscapes in Health Care -- Creating a Culture of Listening -- Tuning a Future."This book is about how you listen and what you hear, about how to have a dialogue with the sounds around you. Marcia Jenneth Epstein gives readers the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds and noise that define their daily lives in this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impact both individuals and communities. Epstein employs scientific and sociological perspectives to examine noise in multiple contexts: as a threat to health and peace of mind, as a motivator for social cohesion, as a potent form of communication and expression of power. She draws on a massive base of specialist literature from fields as diverse as nursing and neuroscience, sociology and sound studies, acoustic ecology and urban planning, engineering, anthropology, and musicology, among others, synthesizing and explaining these findings to evaluate the ubiquitous effects of sound in everyday life. Epstein investigates speech and music as well as noise and explores their physical and cultural dimensions. Ultimately she argues for an engaged public dialogue on sound, built on a shared foundation of critical listening, and provides the understanding for all of us to speak and be heard in such a discussion. Sound and Noise is a timely evaluation of the noise that surrounds us, how we hear it, and what we can do about it."--Provided by publisher.SoundSocial aspectsSoundSocial aspects.534.01Epstein Marcia Jenneth1951-1582889Bronzaft ArlineMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910794478403321Sound and noise3865631UNINA