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As The Boom Car Business Booms, Prepare to go Insane: Bad Noise

Liz Ernst — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:05:00 PDT

You know that feeling, that deep seated anger and helplessness you feel when a boom car pulls up next to you at the 7-11? You’re just trying to put gas in the tank and get on...

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Debarking the Dog in Response to Neighbors' Noise Complaints

Liz Ernst — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:11:00 PDT

Barking dogs – few people haven’t lost a night’s sleep, or at least spent an irritated afternoon listening to a neighbor’s dog bark incessantly. When the barking of her...

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Planes and Trains and Noise: Have we Forgotten How to be Quiet?

Liz Ernst — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:14:00 PDT

Even though most of us long for more peace and quiet in this noisy world, could it be that we’re not capable of making it happen? This week, Virgin Airlines announced that it will make cell...

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New Concerns About the Role Classroom Noise Plays in Failing Grades

Liz Ernst — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:27:00 PDT

From the day they enter Kindergarden, children spend long stretches of time learning. Children develop their intellectual, social, and communication skills through their exposure to a variety of...

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Is Noise Making Hospital Patients Sicker?

Liz Ernst — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:15:00 PDT

If you’re old enough to have stepped foot in a hospital prior to, say, 1975, you remember it as a place of rest. Churches, libraries, and hospitals were once mandatory quiet zones, with signs...

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Noise Related Hearing Loss in Industrialized Nations: New Discoveries Through Electron Tomography

Liz Ernst — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:09:00 PDT

New studies in hearing loss are increasing steadily, and the scientific world in scrambling to understand, and hopefully come up with some answers to the effects of man made noise on human...

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Noise in Classrooms: Canadian Teachers Soon to be Sporting Hearing Protection?

Liz Ernst — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:55:00 PDT

With concerns raised and studies forged in recent years on health and learning problems experienced by children exposed to loud noise, it should come as no surprise that teachers are falling...

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Noise: The Rock Concert Effect

Liz Ernst — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:37:00 PDT

Sound, or more specifically, noise, is an invisible pollutant that can harm our ears, our hearing, and our health. Think back to the last time you went to a rock concert or a particularly...

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Residential Noise Pollution: Living Quietly is More Elusive Than Ever

Liz Ernst — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:09:00 PDT

As someone who has been writing about noise pollution for more than three years, I have come to understand the insidious threat that noise is to pretty much everyone on the planet. Yet for some...

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Mandmade Noise Pollution Has Birds Singing a Different Tune

Liz Ernst — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:52:00 PDT

Last week, I wrote about the noted affects of noise on the iconic pinyon tree of...

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Noise Pollution is Altering the Iconic Landscape and Ecosystems of the Southwest

Liz Ernst — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:51:00 PDT

Manmade noise is killing the Iconic Pinyon tree in the Southwest, which is relulting in the loss of habitat and resulting exodus of the scrub jay, and an increase in black chin...

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Not Enough People Making Noise About Noise?

Liz Ernst — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:50:00 PDT

Noise. No other pollutant ruins nearly as many lives in industrialised countries as noise – and it is the only one known to drive sufferers to murder – yet few receive so little...

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Noise: a Health Hazard More Pervasive Than Second Hand Smoke

Chris O' Brien — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:42:00 PDT

Despite the fact that the health effects of noise on most of the earth's population are demonstrably serious, noise pollution continues to be largely ignored by the environmental...

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Noise Pollution: Is Quiet Another Natural Resource Worth Protecting?

Liz Ernst — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:17:00 PST

The Salt Lake Valley Health Department is making some changes to the current noise regulations that will address the health concerns...

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Noise: A Quality of Life Issue?

Liz Ernst — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:12:00 PST

Always looking for fresh input on noise issues, I came across an excellent article on a website called "Noise-Off." First, let me remind readers that worldwide, more people are disturbed by...

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Visit the Acoustiblok Booth at the NAHB International Builder's Show Today Through Saturday

Liz Ernst — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:34:00 PST

Welcome to beautiful Orlando, Florida! Please accept our invitation to stop by the NAHB International Builder’s Show any time between now and Saturday, February 11 for four incredible days of...

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Blocking Sounds in Floors and Ceilings

Liz Ernst — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:24:00 PST

Blocking noise from neighbors above or below – whether it’s heavy footsteps, a loud television or stereo, or active children that keep reminding you that you’re not alone when...

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Noise Pollution: Ranking America's Noisiest Cities

Liz Ernst — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:19:00 PST

The interactive map below rates 100 cities surveyed from noisiest (100) to quietest (1). Each city was checked out to determine whether it has laws limiting excessive noise, such as from...

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Mumbai's Nuisance Noise: Hearing Loss and Health Problems Escalate

Liz Ernst — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:30:00 PST

Mumbai resident and writer Anuradha Sengupta is on a mission to save her sanity from rickshaw honking, apartment parties and construction noise drilling into her eardrums at all hours....

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Incorporating Noise Abatement in Universal Design to Prevent Noise Related Hearing Loss & Health Problems

Liz Ernst — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:13:00 PST

Ten percent of the world's population has some degree of hearing loss, making it the most widespread and chronc disability in the world. Hearing loss caused by noise pollution...

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Gun Range Safety Includes Soundproofing

Liz Ernst — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:07:00 PDT

Gunfire is noisy business, and the men and women who own and manage shooting ranges – both indoor and outdoor – are beginning to take soundproofing measures to...

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India Cracks Down on Noise Pollution During Diwali Festivities

Liz Ernst — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:23:00 PDT

As noise pollution becomes a global epidemic, India — home to three of the world’s noisiest cities: Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata — has taken dramatic measures to...

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Noisy Hospitals Ripe for Medical Errors,Threaten Patient Well-Being

Liz Ernst — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:00:00 PDT

The constant sounds of machines, alarms, voices, beepers and telephones are nothing out of the ordinary to people who work in hospitals. Like people in almost any working environment, medical...

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Managing Noise Pollution: Going Green With Unwanted Sound

Liz Ernst — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:36:00 PDT

Many organizations and publications that promote green living, green construction, green manufacturing, and green energy focus on unhealthy pollutants that take the form of toxic or non-biodegradable...

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Soundproofing Your Home Theater for Maximum Enjoyment

Liz Ernst — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:12:00 PDT

The best thing about having the great home theater you’ve spent years dreaming of is the volume – that is, the ability to turn it up to your liking. No...

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