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Can you get dementia from long-term exposure to traffic noise?
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Episode Can you get dementia from long-term exposure to traffic noise?
Road traffic noise is a major environmental pollutant. Indian cities are cacophonous. They are not designed to insulate residents from sustained exposure to traffic noise. A new research paper has found a worrying link between traffic noise exposure and dementia, and also cognitive impairment. The paper, titled ‘Association of road traffic noise exposure with dementia or cognitive impairment – A systematic review of longitudinal cohort studies’, has been co-authored by Emil Basil Scaria and Nisha Dhanda, and was published on PLOS Global Public Health earlier this year.
We speak with the lead author of the study.
Guest: Emil Basil Scaria, a public health researcher and physician based in Dubai
Host: G. Sampath
Edited and produced by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian
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