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Journal Entry #3
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  1. 3/7 – Monroe Practice Room 3pm
  2. Sounds farthest away: doors opening and closing, keypads beeping
  3. Sounds medium distance: the people playing piano and singing in the rooms next to me
  4. Sounds closest to me: piano playing, music coming from my laptop
  5. General sound level: Medium level
  6. One word to describe sound environment: Harmonious
  7. Three important sounds: piano, people practicing around me, music from my laptop

3rd Journal Entry
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March 7th, 2025 – 7:06 AM – Boston Airport

Far Sounds: Coffee machines, receipts printing, footsteps

Medium Sounds: Overhead announcements, people chattering and laughing, footsteps

Closest Sounds: The person next to me typing loudly on his phone, typing on my keyboard, music playing  softly in my AirPods

General Sound Level: A soft medium level, not too loud for a big area of social setting

One word describing the Sound Environment: Mediocre

Three Important Sounds: Minimal Chattering, overhead announcements, rolling suitcases

Sound Journal #3
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  1. 3/8/25 New York City (34th and 8th outside Penn station)
  2. Sounds farthest away: Construction, music playing
  3. Sounds at a medium distance: horns honking, subways running,
  4. Sounds nearest to me: People talking, footsteps falling,
  5. The general sound level: loud and bustling
  6. One word to describe sound environment : busy
  7. Three important sounds: horns, people talking, subway

Journal Entry #3
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1. 3/8/25 – 5:42 PM – George Washington Bridge 

2. Far Sounds: I hear the bus tires tracking on the highway, a low-pitched vibration from the bus slowing down, and wind whistling through the crevices of the windows.

3. Medium Sounds: I hear rattling from the window shades tapping on the window, someone putting on hairspray, and the bus engine whirring.

4. Close Sounds: I hear my students talking to each other, the bus’s turn blinker, and the bus’s roof clanging.

5. The general sound level is mild. The sound activity is constant.

6. The sound environment is soothing.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the bus engine whirring, the bus’s roof clanging, and someone putting on hairspray.

Journal Entry #3
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1- March 7, 2025, my home kitchen at 10:44 am

2- Niece talking, action movie playing, brother coughing, Cocos bell (my dog)

3- Ice machine hum, wind chimes outside, Marry walking on wooden floor (sisters dog)

4- Other niece brushing a doll’s hair, the brush hitting the floor, the doll rolling around in her lap

5- low, very quiet

6- peaceful

7- ice machine, brother coughing