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 ...

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Decibels (dB) are a unit for measuring sound. Since sound reproduction is critical for the home theater experience, it's important to understand the meaning of decibels when it comes to music.

The bylaw limits noise to 10 decibels over the surrounding sound levels at night, which is typically at 50 to 60 decibels.

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 ...

Many species of owl are able to hunt in effective silence by suppressing their noise at sound frequencies above 1.6 kilohertz (kHz) - over the range that can be heard by humans. A team of researchers ...