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Racket, din clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is America抯 most widespread nuisance. But noise is more than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people抯 health. Day and night, at home, at work, and at play, noise can produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one is immune to this stress. Though we seem to adjust to noise by ignoring it, the ear, in fact, never closes and the body still responds梥ometimes with extreme tension, as to a strange sound in the night. 　　The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outwar