The Top 8 Most Annoying Sources of Noise Pollution in Urban Areas: How to Identify, Mitigate, and Avoid Them
The Top 8 Most Annoying Sources of Noise Pollution in Urban Areas: How to Identify, Mitigate, and Avoid Them
Unlock the Secret to Acoustically Treating Your Room – Learn How Now!
Have you ever been in a room that was filled with echoes and reverberation? Your bedroom or living room has a lot of unwanted noise? Or you’ve been in a recording studio and wondered why it sounded so good? The answer to all these questions lies in acoustics. Acoustics is the science of sound and…
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5 Tips for a Peaceful Night’s Sleep in a Noisy Home
A good night’s sleep is essential for your well-being and productivity. But if your bedroom is noisy, cluttered, and lacks the right atmosphere, it can be hard to truly relax and get the rest you need. To help you create the perfect bedroom for a restful night’s sleep, we’ll discuss the benefits of a quiet…
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Noise is bad for your health, protect yourself!
Everybody knows that noise can cause nuisance and can be very enjoyable. The noises that cause nuisance and disturb your sleep pose the biggest danger for your health. Note that enjoying loud music at a concert risk in unrepairable hearing loss but it won’t affect your overall health too much. Here are the main impact…
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Acoustic camera explained, applications
An acoustic camera is the equivalent of a thermal camera for noise! “It’s an imaging device used to locate sound sources and to characterize them. It consists of a (large) group of microphones, also called a microphone array, from which signals are simultaneously collected and processed to form a representation of the location of the…
World Hearing Day (yearly, 3 March)
The WHO (World Health Organization) knows the importance of protection our hearing capabilities. It organizes a yearly awareness event, the World Hearing Day. World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. Each year,…
How do we hear?
We already explained what noise is, sound waves that propagate through the air. Our ears are exceptionally fine and delicate hearing ‘instruments’ and should be well protected. With our ears we can detect, differentiate, filter, and identify sounds. When those sound waves travel through the air, they will first reach your outer ear and be…
Easy ways to improve noise cancellation of existing windows
Are you enduring noise nuisance from the noise outside your bedroom windows ? Either is be traffic noise, noise from railways, industries, entertainment places ? In a typical façade of a house, ventilation and windows are the least soundproof. Ventilation we will get into in another post, we’ll focus on the windows first. Windows that…
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Can I play piano in my apartment at 11 pm ?
Noisy neighbors can be a real nuisance ! It can lead to a lot of stress or even escalate to full on neighbor wars ! Every country has it own rules for maximum allowed noise levels and the times when they apply. Typically, for noise level evaluation, there are 2 or 3 time slots. Some…
Pink noise or White noise for better sleeping ?
Learn about the positive effects with withe or pink noise in the background during your sleep. Wake up more refreshed.