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The travel industry can do more to shield you from harmful noise, and it should. Hotel rooms need better soundproofing. Upgrading aircraft engines can reduce harmful noise. And EVs make almost no noise at all. But the industry doesn't feel any urgency because, well … we're plugging our ears with those ubiquitous AirPods.