Sounds above 80 dB can cause hearing damage, and we should limit the exposure to prevent hearing loss. Decibel apps are a convenient way to measure volume fairly accurately with your phone. Our ...

See if you can hear this: you’re sitting on your porch drinking your morning coffee. The cool, crisp air blows through the leaves on the tree, or the equivalent of 20 decibels. Off in the distance you ...

Everyone knows the MBTA can be loud. Ever wonder exactly how loud? Try pin-your-ears-back rock concert loud. Or jackhammer, or chain saw loud. That’s what the Globe discovered at several of the T’s ...