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World Service,1 min

Could aircraft noise affect a child's education?

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A large study on children in 2006 found that aircraft noise was associated with poorer performance on reading tests and some memory tests. One of the authors Charlotte Clark, a professor of epidemiology, explains how noise can affect learning and health. (Image: Plane flies over a building, Credit: Getty Images.)

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