Anti-noise devices fail because they do not restore listening connection

Evidence

Moreover, fighting noise is not the same as preserving silence. Our typical anti-noise strategies—earplugs, noise cancellation headphones, even noise abatement laws—offer no real solution because they do nothing to help us reconnect and listen to the land. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 21 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Anti-noise strategies fail because they cannot restore listening connection to the land — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 21

Related

• Anti-noise strategies fail because they cannot restore listening connection to the land (similarity 0.92)
• Noise abatement is futile because sound cannot be prohibited outright (similarity 0.86)
• Modern headphones can prevent rather than cause hearing loss (similarity 0.81)
• Prohibiting sound is futile, so acoustic design must replace noise abatement (similarity 0.80)
• High ambient noise forces listeners to raise volume toward hearing-loss levels (similarity 0.78)
• Noise-cancelling headphones now deliver up to 30 dB of isolation (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Anti-noise strategies fail because they cannot restore listening connection to the land #expands (0.95) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 21