Dr. Konstantina Stankovic

So anything that's of that same intensity, the fetus can hear.

Of all animals, absolutely.

And the most striking example is actually sea animals like whales and dolphins.

All of that noise generated by big ships and motorized vehicles that are in the water.

damaging their hearing and modes of communication to astounding and scary ways.

It's really unfair that we are doing that to the world around us.

So now whales are getting lost because they communicate by sending and receiving these sound waves really long distances, miles away.

And now you find them lost.

They can't find their

crew, the rest of their family, if you call it that.

And if they're in a quiet environment, the way they used to communicate before the modern industrial world, they function completely differently.

Very real.

Yes.

It's actually messing their navigation.

It's hard because it's not even tightly regulated for people on land.

And there is a lot of room for improvement.

For example, you have mentioned that you've traveled the world.

You have noticed that in Western Europe, amplified music is not allowed on the streets.

But in the United States, and you mentioned New York, you can have any artist amp up the volume to any level they want.

Yes.