Loudspeakers and Noise Pollution

We had air pollution, water pollution and land pollution but today noise pollution has surpassed all these thanks to the excessive use of loudspeakers.

Noise usually goes for unwanted sound, and the problem with noise is not only that it is unwanted but also that it negatively affects human health and well-being.

Noise pollution is extreme noise that may harm the activity of human or animal life. It affects both health and behavior. Noise pollution can cause hypertension, high stress levels, hearing loss, sleep disturbances and other harmful effects to the human. High noise levels can contribute to cardiovascular and an increased incidence of coronary artery disease.

Loudspeakers were invented so that people sitting at the far end, in a gathering, could hear the speaker properly. But, our society has taken this use to new extremes. Marriages, campaigns, fundraising, even some religious gatherings seem incomplete unless the whole society is disturbed by the blaring of loudspeakers. The insensitive use of loudspeakers is not only creating noise pollution but is also creating stress among the people. According to some medical studies, the omnipresent noise generated by the misuse of loudspeakers is hazardous to the health. But in the absence of any regulations as well as enforcement, people use them as they please.

The careless use of loudspeakers has become quite a nuisance in our society. The most annoying thing is that loud speakers have become part and parcel of our everyday entertainment. People seem to believe that their entertainment life would be incomplete without the blasting of loudspeakers.

Noise pollution is already one of the greatest problems people living in close quarters have to deal with. The excessive use of loudspeakers makes it even worse.

Of course, there are occasions where their use is absolutely necessary, but there is no justification for using them in other occasions.

It is high time that authorities did something to regulate the use of loudspeakers.