Megan Gerhart, Au.D. received her doctorate of audiology from the University of Florida. She has experience helping pediatrics to geriatrics both in private practice and medical models of care. She ...

Noisy environments can significantly and negatively effect our bodies, and are a great villain to concentration, learning, and productivity in classrooms and offices. Headaches are one momentary ...

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

Decibels (dB) are a unit for measuring sound. Since sound reproduction is critical for the home theater experience, it's ...

An acoustics professor, a food critic and an audio producer are staring at their devices in a Peruvian restaurant in downtown Washington. “What are you getting?” “Let’s see … it’s fluctuating.” “I ...

Q: We have a resident who just moved into our condominium complex with a factory stock car that greatly exceeds the allowable noise decibels of our town ordinances. It is an out-of-state car that will ...

It almost seems like another age, but a common complaint of office workers was that the modern open-plan office was too noisy to get anything done. The constant hubbub of chatter, machinery, and ...

Sperm whales are the loudest animals, but many believe blue whales are louder because of call duration The loudest human yell was 129 decibels. The loudest dog bark was 113 decibels. At 70 decibels, ...