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 ...

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 ...

Sound intensity is referred as the sound power per unit area. It illustrates the flow of acoustic energy produced by a sound source. Not like simple microphones and sound level meters, sound intensity ...

Editor's note: This article and the subsequent articles provide an introduction to Sound. It is excerpted from the book Audio in the 21st Century published by Intel Press. This excerpt is from Chapter ...

When we talk about sound, how loud it seems to us doesn't always match its actual intensity. We measure sound intensity in decibels (dB), which tells us the amount of sound energy in a particular ...

Designed for direct compatibility with industry-standard signal analyzers and IEPE-type data acquisition devices, the Type 50GI debuts as the industry’s first Class 1, pre-polarized CCP (IEPE-type) ...

Hearing is an important sensory modality for most animals to detect sound signals as they mate, look for food or fend off prey. Despite its critical role in numerous innate behaviors, relatively ...