Most people couldn't accurately guess the decibel level of their own bedroom at night. Or their office. Or the restaurant they go to every Friday. And yet research from the WHO and dozens of universities keeps reaching the same conclusion: chronic noise exposure quietly damages sleep, focus, cardiovascular health, and hearing — and most of us are exposed to far more of it than we realize.

This episode is about the noise you stopped noticing.

We talk about the science of decibels and why the scale is logarithmic in ways that surprise people. We discuss what real-world noise levels look like in apartments, gyms, concert venues, dance studios, and open-plan offices — and what the research actually says about the threshold where damage starts. We cover the difference between hearing loss and tinnitus, why both are perishable in opposite d ...