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0393355578[F]ull [noise] habituation is a bit of a pipe dream. Just because you don’t notice certain noises anymore doesn’t mean your brain is not on some level responding to them. Scientists and regulators used to be interested in noise pollution because of the threat of hearing loss, which is real and happening to many of us at younger…ages. But even at dramatically lower volumes, noise poses risks far beyond our ear canals. In fascinating studies, people have been hooked up to electrocardiogram monitors while sleeping through plane, train and traffic noise. Whether or not they woke up, their sympathetic nervous systems reacted dramatically to the sounds, elevating their heart rates, blood pressure and respiration. In one [three week] study…, the subjects showed no biological signs of habituating to the noise, and in… [a multi-year] study…, the biological effects only got worse.

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