Word: deafening
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Such micromanagement of noise may never be entirely possible, but it may be the best of an imperfect array of options. The alternative--walling ourselves off behind a thickening barricade of earplugs, triple-glazed windows and white-noise machines--may keep down the noise, but it will also deafen us to much of the world, not just the parts we don't want to hear...