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Re:I Am Worried About My Ears by cdoxsey on Sunday February 11, 2018 @08:18AM (#16352563)
In NYC I wear earphones on my way to work and a big chunk of the time I'm not even listening to anything, just blocking out the noise. (subways, buses, cars, fire trucks, ambulances, ... everything here is loud)

I think a certain segment of the population actually enjoys the hustle, bustle and noise... and I suppose they all move to NYC.

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Re:I Am Worried About My Ears by crazygringo on Sunday February 11, 2018 @08:45AM (#16352629)
Yup, I wear my Bose noise-cancelling headphones on the subway most of the time without music -- it just takes the edge off the rumble, the noise, the screeching.

It works really well on the subway, since the frequencies tend to be lower (similar to planes). Outdoors it's less effective, since the bothersome noises are the higher-frequency sirens, the beep of backing up, jackhammers...

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