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The pipe acts as an acoustic filter, which is the basis for wind musical instruments, and the thinking behind earplugs that claim to attenuate different sounds and frequencies.
The black area (without Calmer) shows the natural peaks of energy that result in harsh noises that trigger a stress response. From the screeching of decades-old tracks to the whistle of uncomfortably hot wind whipping against the carriages, there’s no subway quite like it – much to the chagrin of my ears.The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. Like the Loop Experience, the Vibes are an example of high-fidelity earplugs, which aim to give a flat frequency response, the same kind that musicians use to protect their hearing while listening to music.
I’ve recently been looking for ways to manage my own hypersensitivity to sound and find effective approaches to focus when I can hear more than one sound at once.
Foam plugs are the cheapest and not everyone gets on with them, but these top-selling disposables from US megacorporation Honeywell seem to be the ones people go back to after trying other brands. A moderately loud dog bark sends my pulse racing, and the steady rumble of a traffic jam wipes me out as if I’d ran the highway home, not driven it.