It’s easy to understand why learning may suffer when the teacher’s voice has to compete with a passing 747, but emerging research suggests that quieter noises can have varied effects on student ...

Learning depends on listening. But classroom noise pollution is making hearing in the classroom harder. Finding simple and effective ways to dial down classroom noise levels can help increase focus ...

You may have observed that older people have more difficulty following a conversation in a noisy environment. Most people attribute this problem to being deaf. However, many of these people are not ...

The construction crew outside the Lab School in June. NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies, a high school in Chelsea, serves 1,056 students. The box-like building is four stories high and the ...

Today we are looking at the best decibel meter app to measure noise levels. Do you work in a loud factory and want to see just how much damage is happening to your ears when you “forget” your earplugs ...

Exposure to environmental noise is a major public health concern in urban areas. Chronic exposure to noise from road, rail, and air traffic has been linked to annoyance, sleep disturbance, ...

Apple Watch now doubles as a hearing health monitor thanks to new noise level detection features in watchOS 6. After being turned on by the user, the new Noise app on Apple Watch can measure decibel ...