Our ski holiday was effectively ruined by a lack of sleep due to constant extraneous noise from the adjacent kitchen/dining area.

To work in open-plan one has to cultivate an invisible carapace that cuts out extraneous noise.

He feels that extraneous noise affects his musical inspiration, and distracts from the purity of the sound.

This multi-channel feature especially helps during moments of extraneous noise such as laughter, shouting, coughing and sneezing.

A further solo concert three days later went undisturbed, following an official announcement beforehand urging the audience to minimize extraneous noise.