Does noise affect your life? We want to know.

Noise is a vast and largely unrecognized threat to your health. The Times collects personal stories and noise metrics from readers like you.

Noise affects everyone differently.

Some city dwellers feel like they've gotten used to the commotion — until they try to fall asleep in the countryside, to the chorus of crickets. Others live in once-quiet rural communities facing the cacophony of bitcoin mining operations.

Still others have tried and failed soundproofing their homes, living at the mercy of a neighbor's stereo, a gas-powered leaf blower, or a straight-drive motorcycle several blocks away.

The New York Times explored the harmful effects of noise in a recent project that aimed to unpack noise levels and sound qualities that can have long-term health consequences. Now we want to know more about the role noise plays in your daily life.

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