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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. A 5 Silence Still Golden; In Fact, It's High Priced Washington - (Science Serv ice) - Silence still is golden. In fact, it may be priced be yond reach in this noisy jet and rocket age. The role of economics in getting rid of today's increas ing noises was pointed out by Dr. Richard H. Bolt, profes sor of acoustics at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technol ogy and associate director of research for the National Sci ence foundation, in testimony before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics at hearings on the effect and control of noise. The annoyance level of noise, or what Dr. Bolt de fines as "unwanted sound," is determined by much more than just intensity. Most per sons, for example, enjoy the loud rush of a waterfall while the relatively small whine of a mosquito is often intoler able. Noises made by jets and rockets certainly are "un wanted sounds," particularly unwanted by those who live near airports and launching facilities. But these noises are here to stay, Dr. Bolt said, unless the high performance and advantages of swift travel of supersonic aircraft are sac rificed. Can Be Reduced "The noise from these pow erful sources, when off the ground, can be reduced by only a small margin without incurring seVcre penalties in performance." On the ground, jets and rockets can be muf fled to almost any extent, "limited only by dollars." The national investment in combating noise has been from 20 to 25 million dollars in the past 15 years. The bulk of this support has come from the armed forces and the Na tional Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, now super seded by the National Aero nautics and Space administra tion. Ira H. Abbott, director of NASA's office of advanced re search programs, told the com mittee that "it is reasonable to expect a solution to this problem." Dr. Bolt said progress in combating the noises made by new machines is counterbal anced by advances in their development that make them work better but noisier. ' "Acoustic perfume," the substitution of a preferred sound (music, waterfalls) for a noisy unwanted one, was suggested by Dr. Bolt as a method that has proved suc cessful in lessening the im pact of noise. Succeaiiul in Dentistry It has proved successful in dentistry, he noted, where dentists have employed an "audiac," a device whereby the sound of the drill is ob scured for the patients by music and other pleasing founds. It also has been found that air-conditioning in homes near airports lessened the impact of noisy 'Qake-offs and land ings. Dr. Bolt suggests major ad vances will be made through nation-wide planning for avia tion facilities, airports and areas abutting sources of noise. "Although it must incor porate scientific Information," he said, "such planning is not a subject of scientific re search. 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