BROOKLYN, New York, January 13, 2021 - The paper "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for Environmental Sound Classification," has won the 2020 Institute of Electrical and ...

Ambient sounds and soundscapes can be great tools to help you get in the right headspace. Sometimes you need a little rain, a crackling fire, or the hum of a café to really lock in (or chill out).

Sounds are integral parts of any landscape. Think of the calls of grouse and curlew on the Pennine Moors. Wind sieving through reed beds in the Norfolk Broads. Church bells chiming out over the hustle ...

Incubators save the lives of many babies, but new data suggest that the ambient noise associated with the incubator experience could put babies' hearing and language development skills at risk.