July 16, 2012 — A new study has quantified how disruptive typical hospital sounds are to the sleep of patients, and shows, perhaps not surprisingly, that electronic sounds that are intentionally ...

Hospital sounds disrupt patients’ sleep, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers conducted a three-day polysomnographic study in a sound-attenuated sleep laboratory with 12 ...

Hospital executives, healthcare system boards, and clinical staffs have never been more aware of the relationship between noise and patient wellness, says Kurt Rockstroh, FAIA, FACHA, President and ...

June 12 (Reuters) - Certain hospital sounds, such as electronic alarms, telephones and conversations, can wake patients up even at relatively low levels, creating an environment that may slow healing, ...

Belleville (Ill.) Hospital has joined a nationwide campaign to reduce noise levels in hospitals, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report. The Silent Hospitals Help Healing campaign aims to ...

WASHINGTON -- Anyone who's had a hospital stay knows the beeping monitors, the pagers and phones, the hallway chatter, the roommate, even the squeaky laundry carts all make for a not-so-restful place ...

Sources of hospital noise include alarms, equipment, paging systems, staff voices, and in multi-bed rooms, other patients. The main cause of poor sleep is often noise from having another patient in ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The new Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital got another vote of approval to beginconstruction at Monday's South Boston Town Council meeting. Some concerns arose about noise ...

Hospital designers have been experimenting with white noise machines, which create a slight buzz that masks more disruptive noises. A word of caution: Installing white noise machines in patient rooms ...