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'''International Noise Awareness Day''' is a global [[advocacy group|campaign]], founded in 1996 by the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC), aiming to raise awareness of the effects of [[noise]] on the welfare and health of people. [[Noise]] affects people in many ways, but only [[deafness]] and annoyance receive actual interest from the general public.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Stefani|title=International Noise Awareness Day is April 26, 2017|url=https://www.hearingreview.com/practice-building/practice-management/continuing-education/international-noise-awareness-day-april-26-2017|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.hearingreview.com|date=26 April 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> Worldwide, people are called upon to take part via various actions on this occasion: open days on hearing from [[acoustician]]s, lectures in [[public health]] departments, universities and schools, panels of experts, [[Ambient noise level|noise level]] measuring actions, and readings.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nadler|first=Nancy|date=2020|title=Support 2020 Noise Awareness Day|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HJ.0000661584.05701.c6|journal=The Hearing Journal|language=en|volume=73|issue=4|pages=6|doi=10.1097/01.HJ.0000661584.05701.c6|s2cid=216534941|issn=0745-7472|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schulte-Fortkamp|first=Brigitte|date=2019-03-01|title=The international Noise Awareness Day in Germany|url=https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.5101740|journal=The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America|volume=145|issue=3|pages=1865|doi=10.1121/1.5101740|bibcode=2019ASAJ..145.1865S|s2cid=150075840 |issn=0001-4966|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

'''International Noise Awareness Day''' is a global [[advocacy group|campaign]], founded in 1996 by the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC), aiming to raise awareness of the effects of [[noise]] on the welfare and health of people. [[Noise]] affects people in many ways, but only [[deafness]] and annoyance receive actual interest from the general public.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Stefani|title=International Noise Awareness Day is April 26, 2017|url=https://www.hearingreview.com/practice-building/practice-management/continuing-education/international-noise-awareness-day-april-26-2017|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.hearingreview.com|date=26 April 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> Worldwide, people are called upon to take part via various actions on this occasion: open days on hearing from [[acoustician]]s, lectures in [[public health]] departments, universities and schools, panels of experts, [[Ambient noise level|noise level]] measuring actions, and readings.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nadler|first=Nancy|date=2020|title=Support 2020 Noise Awareness Day|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HJ.0000661584.05701.c6|journal=The Hearing Journal|language=en|volume=73|issue=4|pages=6|doi=10.1097/01.HJ.0000661584.05701.c6|s2cid=216534941|issn=0745-7472|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schulte-Fortkamp|first=Brigitte|date=2019-03-01|title=The international Noise Awareness Day in Germany|url=https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.5101740|journal=The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America|volume=145|issue=3|pages=1865|doi=10.1121/1.5101740|bibcode=2019ASAJ..145.1865S|s2cid=150075840 |issn=0001-4966|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The day is commemorated on the last Wednesday of April of each year. Activities aimed at creating a focus not only on noise, but also on means of reducing noise levels, are organized in a number of countries all over the world, including [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], Spain and the United States. In recent years, there have been related events initiated in Asia, including Singapore and Australia.

The day is commemorated on the last Wednesday of April of each year. Activities aimed at creating a focus not only on noise, but also on means of reducing noise levels, are organized in a number of countries all over the world, including [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]] and the United States. In recent years, there have been related events initiated in Asia, including Singapore and Australia.

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