A woman about to give birth in hospital found her preparations disrupted by a series of blood-curdling screams coming from the bed next to her. Kearabetswe Sally Mojela from Pretoria, South Africa, ...

What sounds worse to you: fingernails dragged across a chalkboard or the incessant honking of a broken car alarm? It is this kind of distinction that Professor Trevor Cox of Manchester's Salford ...

Television today is better read than watched—and frankly, we don’t have much of a choice in the matter. Over the last decade, the rise in streaming technology has led to a boon in subtitle usage. And ...

Being exposed to loud noises for just an hour a day could worsen signs of Parkinson's disease, a study suggests. Researchers in China looked at mice that were modified to be in the early stages of ...

Data shows extended noise exposure damages auditory and cognitive development. A new study published in the journal Sleep Medicine analyzed existing data about sound levels of white noise machines and ...