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Toronto has a Quiet List!
Thanks to all the SoundChecks taken in Canada's biggest city!
Toronto's Quiet List is a collaboration with The Anti Noise Pollution League featuring




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Turns Out, People Who Complain About Restaurants Being Too Loud Have A Point Researchers over the past few decades have been studying the impact of sound — everything from music type, loudness and tempo — on food.

Wang explains the toll of restaurant noise in Washington Post Acoustics expert Lily Wang was featured in a June 2 Washington Post article exploring noise levels in restaurants.

SoundPrint's latest data on coffee shop sound levels featured in Fresh Cup Magazine answers...

How do the largest coffee chains measure up?
What's the impact on patrons and employees?
Can coffee shop owners mitigate the noise?

Thanks to Managing Editor Ashley Rodriguez for promoting hearing health safety!

The Difference Between a Buzzing Cafe and a Noisy One Is Smaller Than You Think A new study shows the razor-thin margins between decibel readings can impact how noisy a cafe feels—and how customers and workers are impacted by noise.

Audio producer Bishop Sand from spoke with our founder Greg Scott to learn about sound level data findings crowdsourced from the app.
"The number of restaurants rated in the app as “conducive to conversation” has increased to roughly 40 percent, while the number of “excessively loud” restaurants has dropped to 30 percent," Greg shared.
In addition to well documented hearing health damage from prolonged noise exposure, Sand points out the invisible effects of 'increased anxiety and fatigue.'
Also featured is SoundPrint partner Lily Wang Director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at University of Nebraska–Lincoln and The Post's veteran food critic Tom Sietsema.
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When are the best hours to visit coffee chains?

SoundPrint data shows that Quiet hours (70 dBA or lower) at Starbucks were before 8am and between 6-8pm.

Outside these times, Moderate levels and higher peaked around 10am, 3pm and 10pm.

While Starbucks is the most popular coffee chain in the U.S., if you’re looking for the best place to meet for conversation, choose a different coffee chain, preferably between 1-4pm!

Let SoundPrint data help you decide which coffee chain is best for conversation.
Based on crowdsourced submissions to our database, we've analyzed sound levels from hundreds of coffee chains around the U.S. to inform and empower you about hearing health safety and accessibility.
Keep submitting those SoundChecks and we'll keep the data coming!
Downloadable resource here https://bit.ly/3WNYy7N

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For Some Diners, Loud Restaurants Are the Opposite of a Party Interacting with waitstaff and fellow diners in a restaurant can be isolating and anxiety-inducing for hard-of-hearing diners. Some restaurants are finding ways to be more welcoming.