Are night noises injurious if one is able to sleep in spite of them?

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Night Noise

Q. Are night noises injurious if one is able to sleep in spite of them?

A. That noise may be a cause of disease is no longer questioned by pathologists. Certain persons get used to noises, no matter of what sort, when long exposed to them, and seem to suffer no injury; but even these persons are being damaged more or less by the constant hammering upon their nerve centers through the auditory nerves. Nerve centers need rest quite as much as do muscles.

Sound, restful sleep in the presence of noise is impossible. A person who lives in the midst 
of noise gets no really complete rest day or night; asleep or awake, the nerve centers are constantly receiving a torrent of irritating im­pulses. This incessant nerve nagging gives no opportunity for recuperative rest.

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