Acoustics blog

Acoustics are one of those things that you don't think about until you're in a room with a really big echo. Have you ever been in a restaurant where you could barely hear yourself, let alone your friend sitting across from...

If the acoustics in the office are bad, it can cause a lot of problems in your business. In a noisy environment, the work performance of employees decreases, communication noise occurs more often, and poor acoustics can also result in health...

Many cafes and restaurants that you visit every day are noisy places. With people talking, background music and the sound of clattering plates coming from the kitchen, modern restaurants can be too noisy for our hearing. In a crowded restaurant, it can...

Silence. Some of us welcome it, for others the mere thought of quiet time is unpleasant. An extroverted personality is often to blame. Whether you enjoy silence or prefer the hustle and bustle, include a few minutes of silence in your daily routine. The...

Think you have perfect hearing? There are still many sounds in the world that you cannot hear. The low range of human hearing means that there are sounds that people cannot hear. Our hearing is not sensitive to all frequencies and simply does...

Going to a concert can be a nice but dangerous experience. If you hear a muffled ringing in your ears after a concert, you probably have tinnitus. Loudspeaker noise has probably damaged the delicate cells (hair follicles) in your ears. Prolonged exposure...

The level of what we perceive as too loud is individual and it is true that complaints about cinema volume often come from the older population. As we age, our ears become more sensitive and we perceive noise more. But in general,...

If you think some people are too loud, wait until you read about animals. A normal human scream is around 70 decibels. Sound above 120 decibels can be physically painful. There are many animals, birds and even insects that can make much louder...

If you have healthy hearing, you can hear various sounds as well as unpleasant noise, and you hear them practically throughout your life. Really. Hearing develops earlier than you think and we hear before we are even born. Do you know when children...