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Community Participation in Noise Control

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The word ‘Noise’ is derived from the Latin word ‘nausea’ meaning seasickness. Noise is among the most pervasive pollutants today. Noise has been described as a sound without agreeable musical quality as an unwanted or undesired sound.

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  1. Research Center New Delhi, Delhi ENT Hospital, India

    R. P. Sharma & Prof. S. K. Kacker

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  1. Kamio Memorial Foundation, 101-0063, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Jun-Ichi Suzuki MD (President of Hearing International Japan) (President of Hearing International Japan)

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, 299-0111, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan

    Takeo Kobayashi MD (Visiting Professor) (Visiting Professor)

  3. ENT Department, National Children’s Hospital, 157-8535, Setagaya-ku Tokyo, Japan

    Keijiro Koga MD (Former Head) (Former Head)

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Sharma, R.P., Kacker, S.K. (2004). Community Participation in Noise Control. In: Suzuki, JI., Kobayashi, T., Koga, K. (eds) Hearing Impairment. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68397-1_94

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68397-1_94

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