How Much Noise is Too Much? It’s Not Just Your Hearing Being Harmed

Noise pollution–a common annoyance we’ve become accustomed to.  Or have we?  Exposure to even “safe” levels of noise can harm our brain, body and the environment.  Learn how noise impacts our physical and mental health, its effects on wildlife, and how to reduce exposure.  Speaker: Dr. Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology, and Otolaryngology at Northwestern University. As an internationally recognized author, she has more than 400 peer-reviewed scientific articles and holds five patents (and three pending) for assessment of sound processing in the brain.  Dr. Kraus is director of Northwestern’s Auditory Neuroscience Lab, known as Brainvolts.