Sleeping people respond to both wind farm noise and road traffic noise, but not usually enough to wake them up, according to new Flinders University research. Published in the Journal of Sleep ...

Wind turbine noise (WTN) influences people's perception of the restorative effects of sleep, and also has a small but significant effect on dream sleep, otherwise known as REM (rapid eye movement) ...

The room went quiet in that unfamiliar way guest rooms sometimes do. We had stayed up too late talking, drifting through ...

Short exposure to wind farm and road traffic noise triggers a small increase in people waking from their slumber that can fragment their sleep patterns, according to new research. But importantly, the ...

Contrary to popular belief, wind farms are not as soothing as they look. Noise from turbines has long been a topic of concern, with some claiming that it can have detrimental effects on sleep. New ...

Residents who live within 10 km of a wind farm report more sleep issues from other sources, such as insomnia, stress and snoring spouses, than the nearby wind farms, a Flinders University study has ...

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In late 2012 Simon Chapman was remunerated by lawyers acting for Infigen energy for providing an expert report on psychogenic aspects of wind farm noise complaints for possible use in a Victorian ...

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