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Letter: A retreat into silence is impossible for some of us

Published 31 August 2022

From Gillian Peall, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

Kayt Sukel writes that even short periods of near-total silence are good for well-being (13 August, p 38). But those of us who have tinnitus carry our noise with us at all times. Refreshment of our inner self can be harder to come by.

Issue no. 3402 published 3 September 2022

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