Collaborative Industrial Internet of Things for Noise Mapping: Prospects and Research Opportunities

Exposure to environmental noise has harmful effects on human health for both physiological and mental aspects, such as annoyance, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, or even permanent hearing impairment. This problem is further exacerbated in industrial environments, where millions of workers are exposed to occupational noise. Therefore, noise mapping is essential and the first step to solving noisepollution problem.