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West Monroe, LA Having an apartment that is close to the pool seemed like a good idea until it started to be used. Tenants of all ages use the pool and they all make noise! Thanks to my Soundproof Window Treatments I can now see the pool but don’t have to hear all the chatter, screaming…

Georgetown, KY I live in Georgetown and being in a college town there are always loud parties and lots of people out and about. I got tired of all the noise and my search led me to Mr. Mann. He was very helpful in our initial discussions and quickly got me set up with exactly what…

Gardner, KS I live in an area that is close to Highway 56. When we moved in I knew we would hear the constant buzzing of traffic and were prepared to “deal”with that but then when the wind blew from the north east, the traffic noise became so unbearable. We tried getting heavy drapes for…

The issues surrounding noise in our environment are pervasive.  Noise is the subject of civil lawsuits, criminal charges and even websites such as www.noisefreetexas.org.  People believe passionately in their right to quiet enjoyment of their surroundings.  Conflict arises when one person’s sounds are another person’s noise.  While on the surface it would seem that such characterization would inherently be…

“Studies suggest that high intensity noise causes high blood pressure and increases heart beat rate as it disrupts the normal blood flow…” Read more about Understanding Noise Pollution. Click Here

In his book, James David Miller presents the relations between the properties of noise and its effects on people. “The auditory system is exquisitely sensitive to sound… Even for very loud sounds only a small amount of acoustical power actually reaches the body. Therefore, it is not surprising that noise has its most obvious effects…

Aggressive Noise Abatement efforts for communities close to airports http://www.massport.com/environment/environmental-reporting/noise-abatement/ “Due to the proximity of Logan to residential communities throughout the Greater Boston Metropolitan area, Massport has been continually working to minimize the impacts of noise on the surrounding neighbors since 1975. Logan was one of the first airports in the nation to install a…

The Impacts of Noise http://bancannons.tripod.com/impacts.html “What is noise? The best definition I found in my travels around the internet is that noise is unwanted sound . Some sites talk about noise simply in terms of decibel levels, but noise is more than that. It includes things like duration of the noise, frequency, time of day,…