Since the last 30 years there had been intense research on the topic of how a

classroom disturbance can cause students to learn and grasp less, but there
had been no significant work showing how a teacher is affected by the noise
and disturbance of the classroom. Noise pollution in learning institutions
particularly schools in not a very uncommon factor, especially when it comes
to primary sections of the schools. The unwanted sound and extreme noise
does not only effect the overall environment of class but also causes the
teacher to lose its focus causing a major disorder in the delivery of the
lecture prepared by the teacher.
A major effect of noise in the classroom is the reduction of speech clearness.
The children are not able to understand the teacher which directly targets
the major function of a classroom i.e. providing an environment that enables
the transfer of information from teacher to pupil. In addition it is important,
both for learning and for social interaction, that children are able to hear and
understand their peers in the classroom.
Studies suggest that the excessive noise has a negative impact on the
learning ability of the pupils. The intense noise causes a lapse in memorizing
the certain subject or topic discussed. Studies also conclude that it might be
problematic to live in a generally noisy place, especially for people who are
related to the field of learning and teaching.
The noises can be of two types;
1) External environmental noise such as heavy traffic or aircraft passing
by.
2) Internal institutional noise such as students causing disturbance or
ongoing construction work within the institute.
There is the implication that in addition to interfering with processing on
each occasion, the environmental noise may be contributing to
developmental problems of the pupil, particularly with speech and language
and with reading. Excessive noise can also obstruct with learning by
distressing memory and acting as a distraction that impairs a students
ability to pay attention. The ability to pay attention is most important when
students are engaged in tasks that demand higher mental processes, such as
learning new concepts or when teachers are verbally presenting new or
complex information These studies imply that either living in a home or
attending a school near a source of on-going noise will increase the likelihood
of a child having educational difficulties. Clearly those attending
neighborhood schools are likely to experience raised noise levels from the

same source at both home and school, also noting that many such children
suffer other problems of deprivation, presumably because noisy residential
areas are not desirable places to run an educational institute.
The noise invasion caused by external factors causes the lack of focus of the
pupil, for example the voice of an ice-cream trucks music that leaks into the
classroom from outside can cause a child to lose its focus from the lecture
and think about his favorite ice-cream. Furthermore, there is also a
background clatter from within the room, often due to heating and
ventilation systems but also caused by equipment such as projectors and
computers. Finally there is the noise generated by students engaged in
learning, which, unsurprisingly, varies according to the nature of the activity.
Apparently both external and classroom noise directly affect the learning
process even if its caused by students engaged in group discussions. It is
highly noted that some students make a fuss in the name of discussion with
the teacher which usually causes the back benched students to find it
difficult to understand the ongoing discussion in the classroom.

Speech perception studies have investigated how interference from noise and echo
influences the perception of syllables, words, or sentences in classrooms.
Kindergarten and first and second grades are the primary years in which children
learn to break down written words into their components and acquire the ability to
read. This requires careful listening to develop the ability to discriminate among
minor differences in words such as bat, bed and bad. Such differences can be lost in
a noisy environment, and hence younger children require more comfortable and
sound place to learn. The impacts of excessive noise vary according to the age of
the students because the ability to focus on speech is a developmental skill that
evolves with maturation of the brain and mastery of language. Because the auditory
method does not fully mature until age 13 to 15 years, young children require better
acoustical environments than do adult listeners to understand the words
pronounced and to develop the learning skills.
The noise pollution internal or external affects the teaching staff too. Teachers who
work in noisy classrooms must constantly raise their voices to be heard over various
other sounds. Over time, this can lead to vocal fatigue and other voice problems.
Constant screaming and shouting can cause a teacher vocal disability and anxiety
issues. Also the voice disruptions from student chattering is highly annoying and it
can cause agony and anxiety to the teachers and especially for young teachers as
when a newly appointed teacher fails to recover the control of her/his classroom
their confidence in their respective field shatters.

Noise aggravation causes the teachers to feel the feelings of irritation, discomfort,
distress, frustration, or offence when noise interferes with someones thoughts,
feelings or ongoing activity. Road traffic noise causes stress among the teachers
which causes them to not pay proper attention to their delivered topic.
Female teachers are most generally affected by noise pollution rather than the male
teachers as most males are immune to the disturbance and are very much quicker
than the female staff to handle a noisy situation. Female teachers have to raise
their voice during noisy environment, and these indirectly affect flow of teaching
and learning process. Teachers have to speak loud because of background noise
which causes the lack of perfection in the learning and delivering process.