"Neighbours are always watching," says a resident, playing loud music to avoid being overheard.
Wear headphones and listen to loud music to avoid hearing any teachers or mothers yelling at you for not "staying on task".
Don't be too loud or disorderly and try to avoid loud, disorderly neighbors.
The questionnaire was read out loud to participants to avoid literacy bias.
Each sentence is read out loud in order to avoid misunderstandings.
The problem is so bad that many women describe the coping mechanisms they adopt, from avoiding certain routes, to playing loud music through headphones to avoid hearing harassment.
Individuals with hyperacusis may find a car engine, dishes clanking, rustling of paper or even loud conversation uncomfortable enough to avoid such situations.
"Learning to Cope With Underwater Din" (July 17) reports that a single captive whale has been trained to "turn down the gain" on its hearing to avoid loud experimental sounds.
But when you live in a city, like the majority of US residents, it can be hard to avoid loud noise, between trains, buses, honking cars and the sound of millions of people living on top of each other.
AM radio nicely flattened dynamics to avoid loud surprises, while modern pop music has weaned a whole generation off the idea that dynamic gradation might be an essential part of music.
