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 ...

An acoustics professor, a food critic and an audio producer are staring at their devices in a Peruvian restaurant in downtown Washington. “What are you getting?” “Let’s see … it’s fluctuating.” “I ...

Overexposure to loud music, including on personal listening devices (PLDs), and unsafe listening practices are on the rise. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 billion people aged ...

So far we have only considered the amplitude of single sources of sound. However, in most practical situations more than one source of sound is present; these may result from other musical instruments ...