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 ...

Come on, feel the noise! Fed-up Big Apple residents can now help monitor and police excessive ear-piercing noise in their ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - If a newly proposed ordinance is put in place, some Bellingham police officers can add one more thing to their belt a decibel meter. The Bellingham City Council is considering ...

Detroit noodle shop Ima uses a digital device that has nothing to do with food. Full disclosure: Outside of a few teenage gigs washing dishes and bussing tables, I’ve barely worked in restaurants, so ...

A few weeks ago, we reported that Park Slope residents were complaining about relentless noise pollution from planes flying overhead. To be sure, Park Slope is not the only neighborhood regularly ...

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Biloxi councilmen added some teeth to their noise ordinance. And they believe that action will mute a growing menace in their city. Biloxi leaders have given police officers the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Mount Pleasant leaders are now looking at using decibel level meters to track how loud music gets on Shem Creek in order for restaurants in the area to still be able to ...