When specifying cooling equipment, engineers are faced with myriad decisions affecting performance and layout. One critical consideration is the noise emitted. As population density rises in major ...

Audiometric tests are invalid if conducted in environments with unsuitable ambient noise levels. Excessive ambient noise can ‘mask’ the pure-tone test signal, making it inaudible to the test subject, ...

From the January/February 2026 issue of Car and Driver. Sound is critical to the automotive experience. Sometimes we need lots of it, such as when we want to hear the sweet song produced by a V-12 ...