The Deleterious Effects of Dog Barking

Surprisingly enough, we tend to ignore the adverse effects of noise pollution on our health. Either by its direct effects (impairing the hearing) or indirect effects (social and psychological), noise pollution impairs human health one way or the other. As identified by WHO in 1994, 'An adverse impact of noise on an organism refers to the change in its morphology and physiology, resulting in an impairment in its functional capacity, the addition of stress, and an increase in its susceptibility to other harmful environmental influences.' This means that the disturbance may affect more than one aspect of our life. At a psychological level, the effects can include anxiety, headache, stress, insomnia, and fatigue. Whereas the effects on a social level include; halt in communication, interference in rest, and cessation of family time. Excess noise can make you get cross and irritable over petty things that you otherwise wouldn't be. And the annoyance can exacerbate if the noise continued.