"Joey is audio sensitive. Repetitive sounds, such as white noise, the dripping of a tap or, what his mom Shellie fears, the constant swoosh of a turbine, drive him crazy.If the proposal submitted to the province by Niagara Region Wind. Crop. is approved, a turbine will be built at the minimum provincial setback distance of 550 metres from their Wellandport home."
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...concerned for Joey’s health is Dr. Chrystella Calvert, a pediatrician from Dundas, Ont. Calvert has written a letter to Niagara Region Wind Corp. regarding her concerns over how the industrial wind turbines planned near the Correia’s home will impact Joey.
Wind turbines concern me, given my strong knowledge of neurobiology,” writers Dr. Calvert, who diagnosed Joey, 12, with Sensory Processing Disorder, in a letter dated Oct. 5, 2012. “Due to well-documented disruption to the “normal” environment (vibration, noxious repetitive sounds) this is potentially a danger to the health.
“In children, the developing brain is exquisitely sensitive and plastic — it relies on clean inputs to develop normally. Science has no evidence that this abnormal, incessant stimulus does not have long lasting effects on the developing fetal child and adolescent brain.”
The doctor goes on to say, “I, as a “normal brain” (or typical brain) individual, would not want this risk to my mental health (or my children’s) in my neighbourhood. The placement of these devices must be thoughtful and, of course, “first, do no harm”."
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