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Science 27 March 1981:
Vol. 211. no. 4489, pp. 1450 - 1452
DOI: 10.1126/science.7466404
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Science, Vol 211, Issue 4489, 1450-1452
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Noise raises blood pressure without impairing auditory sensitivity

EA Peterson, JS Augenstein, DC Tanis, and DG Augenstein

Two rhesus monkeys, exposed continuously to realistic patterns and levels of noise for 9 months, exhibited sustained elevations in blood pressure that did not return to baseline values after the noise ended. Auditory brainstem responses, measured before and after exposure, indicated no change in auditory sensitivity.




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