Without any failure, the compressed air hammer mercilessly processes its own skull-at least it feels like that when the heavy device slims down the road. The rattling noise of the passing motorcycle and the announcements in public transport are similarly painful, the poor sound quality of which one tries to compensate for by excessive volume. But it’s not just in the city. In the country it is also teeming with noise sources – be it the lawn mower of the neighbor, who meticulously maintains its green spaces at the weekend, or tractors who are on the move in agricultural use.