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		<title>The Sound and Stress Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Distracting noise and unpleasant sounds can really increase stress and cause all sorts of health problems. Studies have shown that stress is one of today’s leading causes of general ill health and mental instability. Stress reduction has been shown to improve health and happiness to a remarkable degree. Stress can cause many distracting physical ailments. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundstress.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3604253&amp;post=4&amp;subd=soundstress&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="http://office-sound-masking.com">Distracting noise </a>and unpleasant sounds can really increase stress and cause all sorts of health problems.  Studies have shown that stress is one of today’s leading causes of general ill health and mental instability. Stress reduction has been shown to improve health and happiness to a remarkable degree.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Stress can cause many distracting physical ailments.  Those who are going through a lot of stress may experience headaches, nausea and other stomach discomfort, and muscle aches and pains.  Other physical symptoms have also been linked to stress, and the list is almost unending.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Mental problems can also stem from stress.  Stressed individuals may experience irritability, anxiety, depression, confusion, inability to concentrate, difficulty sleeping, panic attacks, low self-esteem, low morale, and other psychiatric problems.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Stress can be caused by noise in all sorts of environments.  At school, excess noise can cause the inability to concentrate, which can lead to poor grades.  When students get poor grades, their mental health can suffer.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">They’re made to feel stupid by their peers, their teachers express disappointment, and their parents can even dole out strict punishments for poor performance at school.  All of these things increase a student’s stress level, and cause him to perform even more poorly.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Stress in the workplace accounts for huge losses at many companies.  Many companies have seen direct and measurable increases in their profits by instituting stress reduction policies and programs.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Indeed, healthier, happier employees get a lot more done, and perform with far greater accuracy than their stressed-out, distracted counterparts.  Noise can cause very serious distractions, which can lead to very poor work performance and a decrease in overall productivity.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Even in the home, <a href="http://Office-Sound-Masking.com">noise</a> can cause extreme stress.  Parents have to deal with crying babies, arguing children, loud music, bumps, bangs, thumps, shrieks, and every other kind of noise you can imagine.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">These noises can cause stress to build up, leading to grouchy parents that can snap at their children, and even argue incessantly with one another.  Minimizing these sounds can go a long way to creating a happier, more harmonious home life.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="http://Office-Sound-Masking.com">Sound masking systems</a> are one of the easiest ways to reduce stress due to noise.  These systems use sophisticated white noise to block frequencies from other sounds, and help keep the mind focused.  They minimize the sound that the brain registers from other sources, making it seem almost as though the other noises are no longer there.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Reducing annoying and distracting noises can improve grades in students, increase worker productivity and accuracy, and help relieve the stress experiences by parents in noisy homes.  By decreasing these <a href="http://Office-Sound-Masking.com">noises, stress</a> is reduced, and health can be improved considerably.</p>
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