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We Found The Exact Music To Break Through Open Office Distractions Here are the different ways we integrated ambient sounds and different types of music without lyrics into our workflow last week and some tips we learned along the way.   |
AskMen.com
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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Findings from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery revealed that 13% of men age 20 and 69 suffer from noise-induced hearing loss. |
Fast Company
Lisa Evans |
The Not So Silent Office Productivity Killer We all know checking our email and social media feeds take a bite out of our daily productivity, but there's another culprit that may be your be draining your mental resources: noise. |
This Old House
Karen Ziga |
4 Ways to Soundproof Your Apartment Be a courteous neighbor -- or silence the sounds from next door -- with these noise-dampening strategies |
AboutSafety
June 21, 2001 |
Value Of A Good Hearing Loss Prevention Program When a company has an effective hearing loss prevention program, everyone wins -- the employers, employees and safety and health professionals who implement the program... |
AboutSafety
April 16, 2001 |
Hearing Protection: Can You Read The Label? Ignorance about how to read acoustic performance information means that employers and employees can sometimes assume that the protection given by plugs or muffs is better than it actually is. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2003
Paul Eisenstein |
World's Most Powerful Loudspeaker Want to hear the story about the world's loudest speaker? Because it is not always practical to launch a space shuttle when you need to create a loud noise -- to study airport sound control, for example -- Wyle Laboratories has developed a more compact solution, the WAS 3000. |
Entrepreneur
June 2007
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Get an Earful Earphones for when you just want peace and quiet. |
Inc.
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The Best Earbuds for Air Travel Four top earbud picks for canceling out airplane noise. |
Science News
April 21, 2007
Janet Raloff |
Diet for a Noisy Planet Oral doses of a combination of certain antioxidants and magnesium can significantly limit the risk of noise-induced hearing loss, an animal study finds. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2005
Bill Machrone |
C'mon, Kill the Noise!: Headphones The author tested seven headphones to see which headsets effectively cancelled outside noise. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Sleep Better This Summer If you have trouble sleeping in the summer time, these tips may help. |
Salon.com
June 16, 2000
Robert Bryce |
Hush, little PC If Apple can make an almost silent iMac, why can't other computer makers turn off the white noise? |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2006
Wallhagen et al. |
Sensory Impairment in Older Adults Part 1: Hearing Loss Preserving older adults' sense of hearing and helping them to maintain communication in the face of changes that occur with age are areas of concern for nurses. |
PC Magazine
September 24, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Creative Aurvana X-Fi Noise-Canceling Headphones These chunky headphones from Creative could be a bit more comfy, but they eliminate as much noise as the Quiet Comfort 2, sound much better, can operate passively, and can play more loudly. |
National Defense
January 2005
Robert Williams |
Now Hear This: New Ear Plugs on the Way Military maintenance crews may soon be the beneficiaries of a small digital device that will protect them from permanent hearing loss caused by the roar of jet fighter turbines. |
PC World
July 2005
Richard Baguley |
Music to Your Ears Got the blues because your pricey audio player came with crummy earbuds? Our favorite replacement headphones will jazz up your listening. AKG K26P... Bose QuietComfort 2... Bose TriPort... etc. |
AboutSafety
June 11, 2001 |
Guide To Preventing Hearing Loss Combined exposures to noise and chemicals can cause more hearing loss than exposure to either agent alone. Vibration and extreme heat are also potentially harmful to hearing when combined with noise. |
Metropolis
April 2007
Karrie Jacobs |
Sweet Silence Roaming the streets of midtown Manhattan wearing a pair of noise-canceling headphones. |
Scientific American
September 2008
Michael Tennesen |
Gauging Biodiversity by Listening to Forest Sounds Noise from human activity threatens an animal's reproductive success |
PC Magazine
April 18, 2007
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Buying Guide: Headphones That Rock It's your earphones (and, of course, the digital file itself) that truly matter when it comes to sound performance... Grado GS1000... UE-10 Pro... Etymotic ER6i... Sennheiser PMX-100... Bose QuietComfort 3... etc. |
National Defense
November 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Troops Need Better Hearing Protection Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory are translating their findings into technologies that not only will provide troops with 3-D audio displays but also will preserve their acoustic health. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Sennheiser CX-300 If you want thumping bass with minimal mud, you'll love these compact in-ear headphones. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2000 |
New Products - iParrot from Macsense Macsense has introduced iParrot, a speech recognition headset for the Mac. Ideal for Mac-outfitted computer labs, its patent-pending "translator" provides superior noise canceling for speech recognition even in the noisiest environments... |
Macworld
April 2002
Ben Long |
Powerful Photoshop Plug-In Grain Surgery, Visual Infinity's new plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and later, is a powerful and easy-to-use noise-manipulation program that lets you remove noise from an image, add noise to an image, and copy one image's noise to another... |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Bill Howard |
Cancel the Noise The hassles and fatigue caused by harsh background noise fade away when you slip on the Bose QuietComfort 2 noise-canceling stereo headphones. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Sarah Simpson |
Are Hybrid Cars Too Quiet to Be Safe for Pedestrians? Pedestrians, used to loud engine noise, have less warning when a car powered by a hybrid or electric motor approaches. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Bob Smith |
The Importance of Power Conditioning For Peak System Performance Power products that protect rack components and their programming functions from power anomalies minimize the risk of maintenance calls and dissatisfied consumers. |
IndustryWeek
February 16, 2011 |
OSHA Withdraws Noise Proposal Concerned over potential costs, manufacturers applaud decision but remain alert as agency examines alternatives. |
Fast Company
Gregory Ciotti |
How Music Affects Your Productivity With so much of our work now being done at computers, music has become an important way to "optimize the boring." |
PC Magazine
July 14, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Bose QuietComfort 3 The Bose QuietComfort 3 headphones are comfortable and better than most noise-canceling models, but the QuietComfort 2 is still preferable. |
| AskMen.com |
Airplane Headphones If you really want to enjoy your in-flight entertainment, you owe it to yourself to pick up a pair of noise-cancellation headphones or noise-isolation earbuds. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Can't a Fella Get a Little Peace and Quiet? How to block or diffuse the sound of cars and mowers penetrating your property. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Don Labriola |
Silence Is Golden When you're wearing headphones, it's all too easy to find yourself boosting volume to hazardous levels to drown out air conditioners, lawn mowers, cars, and jet engines. Noise-canceling headphones can help. Here, we review four popular models. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006 |
Serpentine Surge Protectors, Camera Effects, Cell Phone 'Net Tests and More The PowerSquid Calamari surge protector from Flexity blocks surges of up to 3240 joules... Dremel Stylus redesigned... Stanley's FatMax Mobile Project Center is both a work surface and a handcart... Hero and Q phones are latest in downloading... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Suhas Sreedhar |
Slideshow: The Future of Music Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise -- An animated representation of how the dynamic range of musical recordings has been traded for loudness, and what the future holds for audiophiles in this environment. |
CIO
May 1, 2002
Ben Worthen |
Bird Calling You won't have to worry about birds imitating your cell phone ring anytime soon... |
Fast Company
October 2010
Stephanie Schomer |
The Best Headphones and Earbuds Whether you're listening to Passion Pit or the Philadelphia Orchestra, NPR or Neil Diamond, these headphones and earbuds will help it all sound better -- and make you look cooler. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2004 |
Test-Drive That New Car The test-drive is an important part of the car-buying process. |
Macworld
November 12, 2007
Peter Cohen |
Lost-Cauze Gaming Headphones The odd name doesn't overshadow the effective noise-canceling technology incorporated in these headphones. |
PC Magazine
November 1, 2006
Michael Kobrin |
Stick It In Your Ear iPods rock. iPod headphones suck. The steal-me-white buds simply can't compete. But in your quest for higher fidelity, will more money translate to better sound? |
PC Magazine
August 31, 2005
Bill Machrone |
Headphone Upgrades AKG K 28 NC... Audio-Technica ATH-CM7Ti... Etymotic ER4... JVC HA-NC100... Sennheiser PX 100... Turtle Beach Ear Force X51... |
