Can Relentless Loud Noise Kill A Human Being Or Drive Them Insane?

[bednobs]

thanks

[murraymints]

des o'conner on a loop might !

[douglas9401]

Yes.

[Tilly2]

I would imagine so. Insane rather than dead, though.

[Tilly2]

My answer is not based on science. It's just a thought.

[murraymints]

[wolf63]

It could prevent them from sleeping or relaxing and that could make an impact on their mental health.

[murraymints]

the Americans played loud music over and over during the Waco siege to get them out !

[Old_Geezer]

Powerful sound can kill by the sheer energy alone. I'd have thought continuous lower levels of sound likely to mess folk up mentally.

[Peter Pedant]

no I think it would deaefen them hut not much more

[Togo]

The constant wind noise on the Steppes and in the Arctic is known by the people who live there to be a cause of mental instability.

[Togo]

Yeh but it was Lulu minty. Most would have been out in 10 minutes. (^_*)

[Togo]

Accompanied by a bagpipe band.^^

[jakep]

I would not be able to cope with it. Would make me ill.

[bednobs]

I am not talking about Elvis preley played loudly by uour neighbours scenario, i was thinking more of a dorothy l syers book i oncw read where a man ws imprisoned next to the bells in a bell tower, and was found dead. What would be the mechanism to cause death?

[bednobs]

sorry, someone has moved all the keys round on my keyboard apparently

[woofgang]

bedknobs i have read that book....apparently its factually not true that the noise from bells would kill, although you might end up deaf. it might trigger a stroke or heart attack of course..
I dd a quick search and found this but its a bit old.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/the-science-of-mysteries-for-whom-the-bells-toll/

[theprof]

The key to answering this is your definition of "relentless". If you mean sound in the sense of being unyieldingly severe, then the answer is yes. You certainly can kill a human being using a loud, relentless noise. For further information, Google "Acoustic Weapons".

Western hemisphere military have for many years been experimenting on such weapons and have achieved some considerable success in the area. The physiological effects of acoustic weapons on the human body are severe and fatal within minutes with widespread catastrophic effects on human tissue.

Driving human beings insane via acoustic weapons is relatively simple given the degree of research carried out to date on acoustic weaponry

[atalanta]

According to Dorothy L Sayers, being locked in a bell chamber while a peal was being rung was able to kill a victim in one of her whodunnits.

[atalanta]

PS I think the book was "The Nine Tailors"

[hellywelly4]

Thanks murray - that was a wonderful blast from the past