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Daytime noise and subsequent night sleep in man

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The effects of daytime noise on recovery processes during subsequent undisturbed night sleep were studied in six healthy men (21–27 years), exposed to 80 dB (A) pink noise 8 h per day for 2 days. Sleep EEG, ECG, and respiration were recorded in the laboratory for five consecutive nights: two baseline nights, two nights following noise stimulation, and again one baseline night. Additionally questionnaire data were collected, reflecting a subjective impairment of the recovery function of sleep after noise exposure. EEG sleep data of the first post-noise night showed an increase in slow wave sleep with a simultaneous decrease in stage 2 sleep. During the second post-noise night these changes were less prominent. Three subjects additionally showed an instability in the sleep course coinciding with elevated heart and respiration rates. However, altogether the autonomic parameters were not clearly affected by the noise exposure. The findings support the assumption that strong daytime noise may interfere with subsequent sleep processes.

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  1. Institute of Physiology, University of Marburg, Deutschhausstrasse 2, D-3550, Marburg, FRG

    Beate Fruhstorfer, Heinrich Fruhstorfer & Peter Grass

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Fruhstorfer, B., Fruhstorfer, H. & Grass, P. Daytime noise and subsequent night sleep in man. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 53, 159–163 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422580

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