External Links for more advice & information about noise:

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• DEFRA 'Bothered By Noise?' leaflet
• National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection
• NSCA - Noise Action Day - annual event in May
• NSCA - 'Sound Check' and 'Sound Solutions'
• Mediation Services - Mediation UK
• Eastbourne Community Mediation Service
• Citizens Advice Bureau - Advice Guide - Neighbour Disputes
• Sussex Police - Eastbourne local website
• Noise Abatement Society
• Department for Transport - Aircraft Noise
• RAF - Advice on Low Flying Military Aircraft
• Environment Agency - Guide to Statutory Nuisance
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Licensing
• Directory of Other Useful Links on Noise
• Noise Net - noise and acoustic issues
• Summary of the current Noise at Work Regulations
• Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (University of Manchester) For an explanation of how the ear works, how noise is measured, and noise induced hearing loss
• HELA website (for Local Authority and HSE inspectors)
• Department of Health (DOH) Noise Pollution Unit
• Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - Noise and Nuisance Policy Division For environmental and neighbourhood noise issues
• Environment Agency
• Dept for Transport (DfT)
Policy controlling noise emissions from aviation, vehicles and railways
• Department for Trade and Industry (DTI)
Noise emission standards for outdoor machinery
• Noise Law Summarises the laws on noise (mainly environmental)
• Institute of Acoustics
• Association of Noise Consultants
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine - Search for ‘noise’
• TUC: Hazards Body Mapping. Includes body mapping materials to help identify problems at an early stage
  

Australia

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NCHSC)

• http://www.nohsc.gov.au/OHSInformation/NOHSCPublications/factsheets/nois21.htm
• http://natindex.nohsc.gov.au/mb.aspx?search=noise

Australian occupational noise pamphlets & bibliography of related books

• Queensland Dept of Industrial Relations
• Western Australia Dept of Consumer and Employment Protection

Canada

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Denmark

• National Institute of Occupational Health

Germany

• Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

(mostly in German – type ‘lärm’ or ‘noise’ in search facility)

Finland

• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

(type ‘noise’ in search facility)

France

• National Research & Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents & Diseases

(mostly in French – type ‘bruit’ or ‘noise’ in search facility)

Ireland

• Health & Safety Authority – Noise Regulations

Netherlands

• Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

(type ‘noise’ in search facility)

New Zealand

• Occupational Safety and Health Service

(go to ‘Noise’ in Subject Index)

Singapore

• Ministry of Manpower, Occupational Safety & Health Division

(go to Occupational Health, Occupational Disease, noise induced deafness)

Sweden

• National Institute for Working Life

(type ’noise’ in search facility)

United States

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Environmental Health and Safety online noise safety library