What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...

The energy of a sound wave is a measure of the amount of sound present. However, in general we are more interested in the rate of energy transfer, instead of the total energy transferred. Therefore we ...

So far we have only considered sound as a disturbance that propagates in one direction. However, in reality sound propagates in three dimensions. This means that the sound from a source does not ...

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 ...

We live in a noisy world, from traffic and aircraft congestion to construction sites, TV shows, and many other sources. But understanding dB measurements can help, as we will soon see. Noise is an ...

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 ...