Subconscious sound processing treats noise as danger signals during sleep

Evidence

Noise poses health problems because doses that are not harmful for our hearing apparatus influence the subconscious, which transforms sounds as danger signals even during the sleeping hours. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1468

Categorization

• XREF: Matches the One Square Inch of Silence claim that noise perceived as a danger signal triggers fight-or-flight responses even during sleep — direct cross-source echo. — connects to: Small sonic doses benefit physiology while large doses harm and total silence degrades it — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1024; Noise perceived as a danger signal triggers fight-or-flight responses even during sleep — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1052

Broader Connections

• Noise perceived as a danger signal triggers fight-or-flight responses even during sleep #corroborates (0.95) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1052