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Sound and Health: Hospitals
99% Invisible
The Soundscape of Hospitals
Hospitals can be really loud, but volume isn't the only problem. The alarms are difficult to localize, so I'm not sure which rooms they're coming from. Joel Beckerman has experienced the same thing in hospitals he's worked in. There's a heart monitor that makes 86 different alarms. Most of these alarms are false alarms and don't tell you anything useful.
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