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International Noise Awareness Day

International Noise Awareness Day is a special day where we learn about the noises we hear around us and how they can affect our health and wellbeing. You know how sometimes you hear a really loud noise like a siren or a horn honking and it hurts your ears? That's the kind of noise we want to be careful of.

Our ears are so important and we need to take good care of them. When we are around loud noises for a long time, like at a concert or wearing headphones with music turned up too high, it can damage our ears and make it harder for us to hear. So on International Noise Awareness Day we try to remember to keep the volume on our toys and music down and not make too much noise ourselves. We also try to spread the word about how important it is to be careful around loud sounds, not just for us but for other people and even animals too.