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Sleep Disturbance in Children Resulting from Noise Exposure

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In this review, we discuss the effects of noise on sleep characteristics of fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents. Noise disturbance during sleep at these developmental periods may have health and/or educational implications; the disturbances may be common and are amenable to investigation. The effects of noise on sleep and awakening from sleep are discussed, along with gaps in basic knowledge. Noise characteristics, sleep stage specificity, and arousal from sleep are reviewed. Arousal auditory thresholds mature with age. Prenatal and postnatal factors that modify auditory arousal thresholds are also discussed. This document relies largely on excellent summaries of the topic available in the scientific literature. Similarly, personal experiences with the dose-effect relationship of noise on arousal from sleep in infants are reported.

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  1. Pediatric Sleep Unit, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant and CRNL INSERM-U1028, CNRS UMR5292, University Lyon 1, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69500, Lyon, France

    P. Franco & A. Raoux

  2. Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Paediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

    E. Montemitro

  3. Pediatric Sleep Unit, University Pediatric Hospital Queen Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Groswasser, S. Scaillet & B. Dan

  4. Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Sawaguchi

  5. Neonatal Research Division, Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    I. Kato

  6. St Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, St Petersburg, Russia

    I. Kelmanson

  7. Integrative Physiology of the Arousal Systems, CRNL INSERM-U1028, CNRS UMR5292 University Lyon 1, Medical Faculty, Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373, Lyon Cedex 08, France

    J. S. Lin

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Franco, P. et al. (2014). Sleep Disturbance in Children Resulting from Noise Exposure. In: Sawaguchi, T. (eds) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54315-2_5

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