The "Now silence please" project will measure the psychological and physiological effects of noise on Istanbulites through noise map data on the sehrisessizeal.com platform. It will tell the noise level of people in the city according to the location of where they live, and inform users about the damages caused by noise to the environment and living things, as well as ways of protection. The project, which will proceed through Istanbul in the first phase, aims to reach the whole of Turkey.
Noise pollution is one of the factors identified by the World Health Organization as posing a risk to human health. Noise has many negative effects on human health such as deterioration of hearing health, noise-induced hearing loss, physiological and psychological effects.
Especially in big cities, heavy traffic, summer tourism, airports, construction sites and industrial zones cause intense noise pollution. Pimapen, which wants to draw attention to the damages caused by noise to human health and the environment and to inform users about ways of protection, has developed the "Silence now please" awareness project.
Attention will be drawn to the physiological and psychological effects of noise on users.
Prepared to draw attention to the effects of noise pollution sehrisessizeal.com visitors to the website will be able to determine the noise intensity of their living spaces and the degree of disturbance caused by noise. With the support of Lecturer Eyyüp Kara from Cerrahpaşa University Audiology Department and Associate Professor Konca Şaher from Kadir Has University Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design , awareness will be raised about the harms of noise pollution through noise pollution tests and informative content. "What is the noise level like where you live now?", "Which environmental noise source is dominant near where you live?" "Are there any industrial plants in your neighborhood?" the results from the answers to questions like these will allow users to see the physiological and psychological effects of noise on themselves.