by Khilen Mehta

At midday all around the world today, a minutes silence will be held as part of the International Noise Awareness Day. The slogan for the day was “Let’s take care of the acoustic environment” and it is hoped that just for a minute citizens of the world will be able to appreciate the sound of silence that surrounds us and appreciate its beauty.

To celebrate the date the Spanish Acoustic Society, together with the Ministries for Housing and the Environment held the minutes silence at the Tres Olivos College where there are specialist facilities for those with hearing difficulties.

The SEA hopes that this event will help to further their aims and provide real progress. They aim to collaborate with businesses in order to improve knowledge of the recording, reproduction and transmission of sound. They have also maintained relations with similar groups in different countries in order to exchange information, new discoveries and upcoming projects so that they can work together to reach the largest number of people possible and succeed with their objectives.

Spain is known all around the world for being one of the noisest countries in the world. It will be interesting to see just how well behaved the Spaniards were at midday today!

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