Verkehr-Umwelt-Gesundheit
Traffic-Environment-Health

ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Lercher (retired)

 

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12th ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Zurich, June 18-22, 2017

ICBEN is the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise. The non-profit organization organizes review conferences on main topics of potential health effects of noise every 3 years.

    Main conference topics

  • Subject area 1 – Noise-induced hearing loss
  • Subject area 2 – Noise and communication
  • Subject area 3 – Non-auditory health effects of noise
  • Subject area 4 - Effects of noise on cognition, performance and behavior
  • Subject area 5 – Effects of noise on sleep
  • Subject area 6 - Community response to noise and noise annoyance
  • Subject area 7 - Noise policy and economics
  • Subject area 8 - Noise exposure assessment in health effect studies
  • Subject area 9 - Special topics related to noise effects
  • Subject area 10 - Low frequency noise and vibration
  • A special event will be the presentation of the WHO Guidelines session where also a short overview will be provided about the WHO-Evidence reviews on various health topics: chaired by Dorota Jarosinska and Peter Lercher
  • Together with Jean Marc Wunderli, I'll chair a special session on "Noise exposure assessment in health effect studies"

    Use the link below and navigate via "Program" to "Detailed program" and click on "CONFERENCE SCHEDULE"
    http://www.icben2017.org//

Internoise 2017, will be held in Hong Kong, China, between 27 and 30 August 2017

Internoise is the largest and broadest conference on sound and noise issues and covers also a few health effects sessions. Use the link below and navigate via "Programme" to "Technical programme" to see the various sessions (including the organizer)
http://www.internoise2017.org/