by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition
There are now at least two apps to measure and report restaurant noise, and two apps to measure and report outdoor noise or urban soundscapes.
Anyone concerned about noise, as we are, should install one or more of these apps on his or her smart phone and start reporting noise levels.
All of these apps are free and rely on crowdsourcing to get city wide data. So down load one–or all of them–and help gather data to make your city or town a more tolerable place. Data from SoundPrint was used in a study presented at the 174th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America documenting excessive noise levels in restaurants and bars in New York City.
The apps are listed alphabetically in each category:
For restaurant noise:
For urban soundscapes:
DISCLOSURE: I serve as Medical Advisor for SoundPrint.
