One of the things I felt caused enormous stress when I was in jail was the ceaseless incredible intensity of the noise. The noise was so loud most of the time t

One of the things I felt caused enormous stress when I was in jail was the ceaseless incredible intensity of the noise. The noise was so loud most of the time that with the TV set to 100% volume it still could not be heard from 1 foot away with your hands cupped behind your ears to focus the sound (a common jail technique to watch TV). I always wondered what damage it was doing, beyond the obvious damage to my hearing. [try setting your TV to 100% volume, put on the news, and sit a foot away and think how loud the surrounding noise has to be for you not to be able to hear the TV at all]