question_answer ANECDOTE Paige's Childhood Noise Sensitivity ios_share
Paige Towers grew up in a quiet Midwest environment and was hypersensitive to noise.
She often felt overwhelmed and panicky in noisy places like malls or carnivals as a child.
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question_answer ANECDOTE Noise Overwhelms in New York City ios_share
Paige moved to New York City and found no true quiet place, even in parks.
The constant city noise overwhelmed her mental health after three months.
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insights INSIGHT Noise Pollution Harms Health Disproportionately ios_share
Chronic noise exposure leads to health issues like high blood pressure and sleep disturbances.
Poorer, minority neighborhoods suffer the most due to lack of options to escape noise.
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Get the app When writer Paige Towers moved to one of the loudest cities in the world, she found herself overcome with anxiety and depression. She came to realize that the noise of the city itself, and the inability to escape from it, was having a huge impact on her mental health. With the help of the internet, Paige was able to discover a deceptively simple solution. But the negative health implications of noise pollution are anything but simple.
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