No evidence for 'wind turbine syndrome' claims: Windmill noise is no more stressful than traffic sounds, study suggests

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March 8, 2025, 3:10 PM

• •A team of cognitive neuroscientists and acoustic engineers in Poland has found no evidence that wind turbine noise causes mental impairment.
• •The researchers recruited 45 students at a local university who listened to various noises while wearing devices that measured their brainwaves.
• •None of the volunteers could identify the source of the windmill noise; most described it as some sort of white noise.

A new study has found no evidence that wind turbine noise causes mental impairment. The study, conducted by a team of cognitive neuroscientists and acoustic engineers at Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poland, involved exposing human volunteers to various noises and measuring a range of impacts. The researchers found that none of the volunteers reported the noise from the windmills as any more bothersome or stressful than the traffic noise, and no evidence of mental health issues was found during testing.

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