Archive: Alec Salt (12)

Archived articles are listed below from most to least recent. You will find links to even older posts beneath the list.

Cooper, S The Acoustic Group Critique of Sonus Infrasound Doc. Excessive Noise Bill Inquiry

The Acoustic Group’s Supplementary Submission to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Excessive Noise from Wind Farms Bill 2012, 27 November, … Read On »

Lichtenhan, Salt: Amplitude Modulation of Audible Sounds by Non-audible Sounds

Amplitude modulation of audible sounds by non-audible sounds: Understanding the effects of wind turbine noise Jeffery Lichtenhan and Alec Salt, International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal June 2013 Our research has suggested a number of mechanisms by … Read On »

Wind Farms, Sound & Health, Victorian Dept. of Health Report

On April 29, 2013 the Victorian Government Department of Health released two reports on wind farm noise and health. One report is addressed to the general Community, the other is described as a Technical Report Download the Community report … Read On »

Prof. Alec Salt Expresses Deepest Disappointment in Victorian Dept. of Health Report

Alec N. Salt, Ph.D., Professor of Otolaryngology Jeffery T. Lichtenhan, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine… ..express deepest disappointment with the lack of objectivity in the recent report from the … Read On »

Salt, A. Kaltenbach, J. Infrasound From Wind Turbines Could Affect Humans

Wind turbines generate low-frequency sounds that affect the ear. Alec N. Salt and James A. Kaltenbach Bulletin of Science Technology & Society, 2011 The ear is superficially similar to a microphone, converting mechanical sound waves into … Read On »

Prof Alec Salt – Wind Turbines Can be Hazadous to Human Health

Alec N. Salt, Ph.D., Cochlear Fluids Research Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis Large wind turbines generate very low frequency sounds and infrasound (below 20 Hz) when the wind driving them is turbulent. The amount of … Read On »

Perception Based Protection – Low Frequency Sounds May Not be Enough, Salt, Lichtenhan

Alec N. Salt,  Jeffery T. Lichtenhan,  Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Inter.Noise 2012 Hearing and perception in the mammalian ear are mediated by the inner hair cells (IHC). IHCs are fluid-coupled … Read On »

Letter to Prime Minister Gillard, 2 December, 2012

Dear Prime Minister, It is pleasing that Senator Cameron has stated the Government will be “guided by the science” in … Read On »

Hansard, Excessive Noise Bill, Public Hearing, 14 November, 2012

Australian Government Hansard – Senate: Environment & Communications Legislation Committee Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Excessive Noise from Wind Farms) Bill … Read On »