As Sarah Palin (pictured above) preps for her appearance on American Chopper, a Boston TV station preps a news story about increased motorcycle noise in Beantown.
A Google News search for “Noise Awareness Day” turns up such articles as:
* Minnesota/western Wisconsin free hearing screenings
* first Noise Awareness Day in New Zealand; National Foundation for the Deaf lists most-hated sounds: “exhaust pipes of boy racervehicles”, barking dogs, car alarms, lawn mowers
* Medical News Today press release in the UK – 9 million suffer from hearing damage, 4 million at risk; campaign offers high-fidelity hearing protectors for 15 pounds
* India: “Noise, the silent killer on the streets”
* Germany: focus on construction, business and recreational noise
* Ghana: Environmental Protection Agency noise complaints 40% of all complaints
* press release for Sennheiser Travel Line headphones
Right now, on my block, a dog is barking for the 32nd minute.