Paneling element for a vehicle interior compartment and method for producing a paneling element cross reference to related application

A paneling element for a vehicle interior compartment has a carrier element and a sound-reducing element arranged on a surface of the carrier element. The surface of the carrier element has at least one access region that faces the sound-reducing element. The sound-reducing element has an access opening through which the access region can be accessed. The sound-reducing element has a cantilevered tongue that can close the access opening in the unmounted state of the sound-reducing element. The cantilevered tongue is folded over in the mounted state of the sound-reducing element so that the access opening is opened.