On 19 February 2020 Professor Geoff Leventhall presented at the Keyworth Lecture theatre. He delivered a fascinating talk entitled “I can still hear it and it’s making me ill”.
The presentation discussed and contested challenging aspects of noise perception and associated annoyance of very quiet noises and even non-existent noises. It considered that multiple external influences and factors could promote adverse responses to noise. Controversial health effects and disturbance from wind turbine low frequency noise were also covered.
Professor Leventhall was Head of Institute of Environmental Engineering and reader in Acoustics at London South Bank University. He was also president of the Institute of Acoustics (IOA). He is a world-leading expert in low frequency noise and infrasounds and is currently a consultant in Noise and Vibration.
The audience valued and appreciated the insights put forward by Professor Leventhall, judging by the numerous comments and questions posed to him.
The talk organised and hosted by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina was part of the second Institute of Acoustics (IOA) London Branch meeting of the year. Approximately 110 people attended the event, mostly from the relevant industries, local authorities, academia and students of Acoustics, Medicine and Psychiatry.
Following tradition, the meeting continued informally at the local pub, where further discussions and networking took place.
We would like to thank Professor Leventhall for his talk and contribution to the School of BEA.
