Sound is pressure — the louder the sound, the greater the pressure. The greater the pressure, the more damage it can do to your ears. If you’re in a noisy environment, it’s important to know how ...

We're almost all pretty good at using our phones to measure stuff, like counting calories, tracking walks, and ensuring our new shelf is level. But you know what we hardly ever think about? The volume ...

One in a series of short audio tips that have appeared in the Alabama Broadcasters Association “Monday Morning Coffee and Technical Notes” e-newsletter. It’s easy to understand a correlation of the ...

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 ...

Mark Persons’ article about keeping consistent audio levels hit it on the head. Readers wrote in to comment on Mark Persons’ article. We had the same problem in TV with our field crews as digital gear ...

Apple added a hearing feature in iOS 13 last year to prevent users from being exposed to high levels of sound with headphones for extended periods of time. The company is now expanding this feature ...

When you are mixing audio it is easy to end up with a signal that is too hot. How do you keep a track of what is happening so that you can ensure consistency throughout your mix? When it comes to ...

Did you like playing audio (music and videos) on your Windows computer? Then you must have faced a loudness issue sometimes. It is not just limited to Windows, but it happens on all devices and ...

As you may recall, we’ve been exploring the implications and effects of the CALM Act over the past year. We’ve considered what it means, how to approach it in production, the implications of ...

Each vehicle was tested at 30 mph on back roads, 55 mph on the highway, and 75 mph on the highway. They just use a simple decibel meter to get the numbers. In order to get fair, "scientific" results, ...

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 ...