The world is getting louder. People cannot escape noise pollution in their everyday lives whether from traffic, infrastructure, music or more, but employees can and must be protected from excessive ...

Don’t underestimate the constant hum of equipment at your manufacturing facility or construction site — it’s more than just annoying; it’s also a serious safety hazard. Meeting the Occupational Safety ...

Wheels on carts squeak. Nurses, doctors and staff chat. And units in Suburban Hospital in Bethesda can get loud. “This all affects the quality of the patients’ experience by making it less comfortable ...

Monitors beeping, equipment shuffling, and patients, nurses and physicians coordinating care can make hospitals uncomfortably loud places for individuals both with or without hearing disorders — ...

July 16, 2012 — A new study has quantified how disruptive typical hospital sounds are to the sleep of patients, and shows, perhaps not surprisingly, that electronic sounds that are intentionally ...