Comment by burkaman

Linked from the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31769799/. The summary is that noise causes stress and stress is very bad for you. It is commonly stated that the only two innate fears that all humans are born with are falling and loud noises. I don't know if that's completely true, but it's easy to understand why we might all have an instinctive fear/stress response to loud noises.