Some Sensitive Ears Never Learn to Tune Out City Noise

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in


 
 

Have you heard? New York is a noisy place. Consider subway platforms, for instance, which can top 100 decibels, the same volume as a jet taking off. And yet most city dwellers adapt; some even miss the noise when they’re somewhere quieter, requiring the use of apps or Spotify playlists that re-create “ambient street sounds” to lull themselves to sleep in the suburbs.

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