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 ...

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 ...

With a Radio Shack analog SPL meter and my computer and tape drive running, I measure an ambient noise level right around 50dB (C weighting). I was wondering if this is sufficiently loud enough to ...