
AirPods allow users to filter out urban noise before city sounds intensify. A 2005 to 2019 study shows daily spoken words dropped 28% from 16,600 to under 12,000. The European Environment Agency estimates 145 million Europeans experience noise pollution. Noise filtering is seen as a practical, not moral, response to public sound levels.
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