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  2. Health effects from noise - Wikipedia

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    Noise health effects are the physical and psychological health consequences of regular exposure to consistent elevated sound levels. Noise from traffic, in particular, is considered by the World Health Organization to be one of the worst environmental stressors for humans, second only to air pollution. [2] Elevated workplace or environmental noise can cause hearing impairment, tinnitus ...

  3. List of noise topics - Wikipedia

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    Burst noise. Carrier-to-receiver noise density. Channel noise level. Circuit noise level. Colors of noise. Comfort noise. Comfort noise generator. Cosmic noise. Crackling noise.

  4. Noise-cancelling headphones - Wikipedia

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    Noise-cancelling headphones are headphones which suppress unwanted ambient sounds using active noise control. This is distinct from passive headphones which, if they reduce ambient sounds at all, use techniques such as soundproofing .

  5. Dolby noise-reduction system - Wikipedia

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    A Dolby noise-reduction system, or Dolby NR, is one of a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analog audio tape recording. [1] The first was Dolby A, a professional broadband noise reduction system for recording studios in 1965, but the best-known is Dolby B (introduced in 1968), a sliding band system for the consumer market, which helped make high ...

  6. Does staring at screens ruin your eyes? - AOL

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    We've all grown up thinking that sitting too close to the television is damaging to our eyes ... but that might not be the case. Technology spawns lots of confusion ... and a few affectionately ...

  7. 6 surprising signs of hearing loss - AOL

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    Recognizing the symptoms of hearing loss can be difficult. Watch for these lesser-known red flags of hearing loss.

  8. Noise control - Wikipedia

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    Industrial noise control is a subset of interior architectural control of noise, with emphasis on specific methods of sound isolation from industrial machinery and for protection of workers at their task stations. Sound masking is the active addition of noise to reduce the annoyance of certain sounds, the opposite of soundproofing .

  9. The dangers of LED face masks you should know about - AOL

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    The dangers of LED face masks you should know about. The latest recall in the beauty world just happens to involve one of the biggest at-home trends for skincare junkies and one of the leading ...