Remembering Arline A leader who worked tirelessly to solve noise issues In October 2025, we lost a leader, a mentor, and a friend: Dr. Arline Bronzaft. She worked tirelessly for decades on noise issues. From her pioneering research on the
One neighborhood, divided by noise When Lucina Chavez-Rosique began jogging in the east side of Washington Heights, she immediately noticed the increase in noise. As a graduate student and a community worker, she wanted to learn more about why the
Best of 2022 – how the media covered noise issues Every January, Soundproofist compiles a list of known articles and documentaries about noise, sound, and acoustics that were published in the previous year. The list for 2022 began with articles
From 2500 BC through the middle ages to the Victorian era Walter Alfredo Montano loves researching stories about the history of noise and its effect on people. The Argentinian-born, Peruvian-based acoustician joined us at Soundproofist to share some of his
Meet the team that analyzes the soundscapes of London Imagine if you could go back in time and hear what your neighborhood sounded like almost 100 years ago. Even better, what if you could make new recordings in the same
Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? That’s the question John Stewart asks in “Why Noise Matters,” a book he co-authored with Arline L Bronzaft, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers, and Val Weedon. Episode 8 of Soundproofist is
Vintage noise-control information Maybe you don’t have a immediate need for it, but the web offers historical references for acoustical applications. You can find some of it in the public domain at the Internet Archive. Some of the documents are