Road noise

Intervention

1 paper3 findings

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Alzheimer's Association and 3 more
  • Humans1

Outcomes

1

Cognitive decline

no changein humans1

1 study
  1. Road noise has no effect on cognitive decline in humans.

    Humansn = 10,681

    Residential aircraft and road noise exposure, cognition, and Alzheimer's dementia in a US cohort of older adults

    Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)10 Aug 2026

Associations

2

Alzheimer dementia

no changein humans1OR 1.17

1 study
  1. Road noise is associated with alzheimer dementia in humans (OR 1.17 (95% CI: 0.86, 1.59)).

    Humansn = 2,147

    Residential aircraft and road noise exposure, cognition, and Alzheimer's dementia in a US cohort of older adults

    Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)10 Aug 2026

More on Alzheimer dementia

Global cognitive score

downin humans1

1 study
  1. Road noise is associated with global cognitive score in humans (-0.06-SD unit (95% CI: -0.08, -0.03) per 8.5 dBA).

    Humansn = 10,681

    Residential aircraft and road noise exposure, cognition, and Alzheimer's dementia in a US cohort of older adults

    Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)10 Aug 2026

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