75: The percentage of complaints to the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in Lagos that are noise-related.
578,000: The number of Tesla vehicles recalled due to issues regarding pedestrian warning sounds.
1/3: Percentage of surveyed British tinnitus suffers who “thought about their condition every hour, causing anxiety and sadness”
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¹Footnotes: Lagos: [thenationonlineng.net](https://thenationonlineng.net/noise-pollution-lagos-bans-sound-amplifiers-in-motor-parks/). Tesla: [engadget.com](https://www.engadget.com/tesla-boombox-recall-model-3-s-x-y-142616539.html/). Tinnitus:
[uk.news.yahoo.com](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/calls-tinnitus-biobank-sufferers-tell-000100189.html/)
*Originally published in the February 14, 2022, edition of the This Week in Sound email newsletter [tinyletter.com/disquiet](https://tinyletter.com/disquiet).*