Great British sounds: What the nation loves (and loathes)


Great British sounds: What the nation loves (and loathes)
5 minutes
Published: 11 March 2020
Last Reviewed: 25 February 2025
Hearing makes up a huge part of our everyday lives. Yet, hearing health remains a generally neglected aspect of overall physical awareness and care in the UK. The sounds we encounter are complex and various, with everyone having those they like and those they don’t. Aiming to explore Britain’s relationship with sound, we surveyed over 2,000 Brits to uncover sound habits and preferences across the country.
From Brits’ listening loves and loathes to the nation’s favourite British accent and music genre they would listen to forever, Boots Hearingcare unwraps our relationship with sound.

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