Noise

Noise is all around you, from televisions and radios to lawn mowers and washing machines. Harmful sounds - sounds that are too loud or loud sounds over a long time - can damage sensitive structures of the inner ear and cause noise-induced hearing loss.

More than 30 million people in the U.S. are exposed to hazardous sound levels on a regular basis. Hazardous sound levels are louder than 80 decibels, which isn't as loud as traffic on a busy street. Listening to loud music, especially on headphones, is a common cause of noise-induced hearing loss. Keeping the volume down when listening to music and wearing earplugs when using loud equipment can help protect your hearing.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Noise on Wikipedia

In general usage, '''noise''' can be considered data without meaning; that is, data that is not being used to transmit a signal, but is simply produced as an unwanted by-product of other activities. In Information Theory, however, noise is still considered to be information. When speaking of noise in relation to sound, most often it is defined as meaningless sound of greater than usual volume. Thus, a loud activity may be referred to as ''noisy''. However, conversations of other people may be called noise for people not involved in any of them. See: *'''Noise (environmental)''' *'''noise music''' *'''Signal noise''' See also: list of noise topics. ---- Unrelated to the preceding is '''Noise (Goidelic mythology)'''   [ Read More ]

External Resources

The Game Concludes With Light And Noise - A.O. Scott reviews the movie [New York Times].

Bright Lights: Abigail Child - Gary Morris examines her work, including Perils, Mayhem, Surface Noise and B/side.

Character actor is all heart, no noise, in planned local film - Press release from the Orlando Business Journal.

If it sounds funny, it's Michael Winslow - By Michael Futch. [The Fayetteville Observer] "Remember back when your mother would tell you over and over again to stop making all those noises? Michael Winslow must not have listened. He never stopped."

N2Arts: Being Different Can Pay Off - Describes how veteran voice actor Fred Newman evolved from noise nerd to successful radio, TV, film and stage performer, including advice for young people who want to be entertainers.

Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk - History, bios, credits, photos, review, artwork and MP3s -- basically everything you ever wanted to know about Savion Glover's hit show, "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk."

Lift Off - Orange County, California band writes miniature pop anthems and injects them with samples and spunk for a noise pop sound. Official band site.

Loveless - Experimental noise band based in Colchester, UK. Contains news, biography, press reviews, and streaming RealAudio files.

Big Speakers Tiny - Official site of the UK's Octamed noise merchant. Complete tracks in RealAudio and Octamed .MED format, photos, and news.

Big City Orchestra - Experimental noise musician's site with performance dates and a link to audio samples.

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