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Volume 4

Check, Check: NIOSH Launches New Sound Level Meter App

Dr. John Howard subs in for Alberto Behar with this issue’s Noisy Notes. We are pleased to provide a reprint from NIOSH about the launch of their new sound level meter app.

Advance Notice of Publication: Are Smartphones as Accurate as Sound Level Meters?

Noise has been a constant and ongoing problem in workplaces across many industries and around the world. It has been linked to a number of diseases and health problems including: hypertension, noise induced hearing loss, heart disease and sleep disturbance. The industry standard device which is used for accurately measuring noise is the sound level meter (SLM) but for an untrained person, these may be confusing to operate. This is an advance notice of a study which has been completed and is in the process of manuscript writing.

Volume 1

Common Transient Sounds: The Kitchen is a Very Noisy Place

Harry Teder weighs in on the noise associated with common transient sounds: specifically from the kitchen.