acoustemology, 22, 25, 29

Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology, 26

adverse effects of noise, 118, 119– 123, 202

cardiovascular system, on the, 117– 124, 136, 141, 155

children, on, 127, 134– 136, 138, 167, 168, 173, 206, 209, 211

immune and endocrine system, on, 141– 149

community settings, in, 206, 212– 215

neuropsychological functioning, 127– 138

workers, on, 191

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, 172, 178

anti-noise technology, 175

audiometer, 84, 166, 191, 243– 245

‘Buy Quiet’ drive, 181

Bell, Alexander Graham, 38, 45, 51, 71, 77, 166

benefits of music, 49, 148, 260

Berliner, Emile, 71, 72

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), 169, 172, 178, 276

classical music, benefits of, 5, 148, 257

cochlear synaptopathy, 110– 112

community noise

reduction of, 205, 212, 216

rural areas, in, 210– 211

urban areas, in, 206– 209

conductive deafness, 61, 63

Consensus based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments (COSMIN), 99

Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) guideline, 293

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT), 292

damage risk criteria (DRC), 105, 106, 111–113, 190– 192

disability adjusted life years (DALYs), 293

ear protective devices (EPD), 182– 184, 192, 193

Edison, Thomas, 50, 51, 71

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, 172, 271, 274, 276, 280

evolution of human hearing, 22– 24

fast Fourier transform (FFT), 92

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 10, 11, 128, 132, 262, 263

future, music, noise and health

links, music-noise-health, 306

recording technology, 305

visual prioritization, 306

Global standard for safe listening venues and events, 27

Gray, Elisha, 71

hearing aid, 24, 25, 28, 64, 244, 249

Hearing Conservation Education Program (HCEP), 177, 179, 180, 182, 184

hearing conservation program (HCP), 184, 187, 189, 190, 193

hearing protection devices (HPDs), 180–, 182, 184, 189

Hughes, David E., 71

Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Airports (HYENA), 121

impact of noise and music on health

quantification of, 91–100

research on, 285– 297

infrasound

impact of, 151– 160

safety standards for, 159– 160

infrasound and low frequency noise (ILFN), 151, 153–, 157, 158, 160

International Association for Music and Medicine, 260

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health of WHO, 28

International Standards Organization (ISO), 24

‘Make Listening Safe’ mission, 27

Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS), 247

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 93, 159, 197, 247, 250

Majorana, Ettore, 71

measurement of sound, 71– 72

measurement tools

machine learning, 99

psychometric, 97

mechanism of hearing, 58– 59

mechanism of phonation, 64– 66

microphones

classification of, 73– 81

history of, 71

middle ear mechanics, 59– 61

music

brain, and, 9– 15

digital therapeutic, as a, 49, 53– 55

impact on neurochemical functioning of the brain, 15– 16

learning, 10

mental health, and, 5– 9

neural plasticity, and, 10, 14, 93, 263, 264

perception, 9, 10, 260

promoter of positive mental health, as a, 4– 5

recording, 49– 52

role in management of neurological disorders, 16– 17

socio-cultural and biological phenomenon, as a, 255

therapy, 8, 17, 256

music-based interventions, 258– 260

music-related brain plasticity, 4

National Committee for Noise Pollution Control, 40

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 105, 106, 179

nerve deafness (ND), 63– 64

Neurological Music Therapy (NMT), 54, 261, 262

noise

aging, and, 136

barrier to communication, as a, 133

effect on children, 134– 135

impact during pregnancy, 133

impact on hearing health, 26– 29

reduction, 82, 136, 169, 172, 190, 201, 202, 205, 206, 212, 213, 215, 216

REM sleep interruption, and, 132

sources of, 177– 178

hospital setting, in, 196– 197

noise control

measures, 165, 169– 175

regulations, 271– 280

noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), 105, 106, 108– 110, 112, 113, 187

clinical signs, 108– 110

pathophysiology of, 106

noise-induced tinnitis, 113

noise, music and health

measurements related to, 99

applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in, 99– 100

variables related to, 92– 100

noise pollution, 165– 176

economic effects, 168

Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, 41, 172– 174, 178, 274, 276

noise reduction rating (NRR), 192, 193

Noise Stress Model, 144– 145

permissible noise levels, 177, 279

physics of sound, 36– 43

physics of speech, 43– 44

physical health

impact of music on, 4

physiology of hearing and speech, 57– 67

physiology of phonation and speech, 64– 66

Pollution Control Committees (PCCs), 178

Positron Emission Tomography (PET), 128, 132, 250, 262, 263

presbycusis, 63, 67

randomized controlled trials (RCT), 292

research, music, noise and health

conceptual framework, 289

sample size, 294

sampling, 294

statistical test, 291

study design, 292

variables, 289

Rights of Person with Disabilities Act, 30

Savart, Felix, 71

sensory neural deafness (SND), 63, 67

social audiology, 22, 29, 30

sound

future possibilities, 311

healthcare applications, 234– 250

industrial applications, 219– 229

masking, 200– 202, 225

music recording, and, 50– 53

properties of,

complex sound, 45

decibel (dB), 45

decibel scale, 38

frequency, 45

overtone, 45

pitch, 45

pure tone, 45

therapy, 53, 219, 220, 246

types, 69– 71

unit of measurement, 84, 92

sound level meter (SLM), 81, 189

sound pressure level (SPL), 38, 39, 46, 81, 190, 191

soundscape, 24– 26

Standard for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR), 294

Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy studies (STARD), 293

State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), 178

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines, 292, 294

Therapeutic Music Capacities Model (TMCM), 17

UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 27

vibro-acoustic disease (VAD), 155– 159

voice amplification, articulation and modulation, 66

Von Bekesy, 23, 63, 67

WHO–ITU global standard for safe listening devices and systems, 27

World Health Organization (WHO), 3, 25, 27, 28, 160, 165, 168, 195, 198, 301