Potential Health Impacts of Gamma-Frequency Sound in Server Room

Hearing degradation caused by an exposure to excessive noise is irreversible. Many of the other relative hazards that can be developed from noise-induced hearing loss are impaired communication with family and coworkers, social isolation, irritability, decreasing of self-esteem, anxiety, and loss of productivity. Hearing impairment is a significant health hazard that is naturally occurs with aging. Tinnitus is a disorder in hearing ability and can cause a ringing in the ear without a source for physical sound. More than 40 million people in the United States are suffering from tinnitus disorder. Fourteen percent of adults are suffering from chronic tinnitus, and 50% of normal adults with no clinically confirmed disorders in hearing ability experience subtle tinnitus in a silent environment. An exposure to excessive noise and the process of natural aging of people may increase the occurrence of Tinnitus. Tinnitus is a spontaneous auditory perception that is associated with the continued activity of the gamma frequency band (30 Hz - 80Hz). Server Room can be considered as a continuous source of gamma frequency. Server room running devices are generating a continuous noise that most of its power is allocated in the band of gamma frequency.