He’s making a racket with this noise complaint. A retiree enraged by clamorous cafes and rambunctious restaurants has started a petition to have Big Apple eateries publicly post their decibel levels ...

A decibel level is the physical unit that measures the intensity of sound. An average home on an average day with a couple of kids and a few people talking has a decibel level around 50. Add a barking ...

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Sounds above 80 dB can cause hearing damage, and we should limit the exposure to prevent hearing loss. Decibel apps are a convenient way to measure volume fairly accurately with your phone. Our ...

Are restaurants getting noisier, or is our patience with restaurant noise growing thinner? We explore the question out loud in today's Taste Q&A column, a forum where my food-writing colleague Paul ...

“You know, they can call themselves whatever they want, [but] in no way, shape or form is this a church.” Journalists have measured the sound from the services at above legal decibel levels, as has ...

Detroit Lions fans broke sound-level records again at Ford Field on Sunday, when the team won 31-23 in the divisional round over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The decibel spike on Sunday peaked at 134.3 ...