A new design system attempts to solve this intractable problem through music. [Image: Man Made Music] “Right now, alarms are only designed to do two things: to scream for attention, which stresses ...

Hospital sounds disrupt patients’ sleep, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers conducted a three-day polysomnographic study in a sound-attenuated sleep laboratory with 12 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) Being a patient at a hospital brings stress, on top of already being unwell. People are always bustling about, nurses and doctors are administering care at all hours of the day ...

Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper of hospital units. Medical devices monitoring patients send off alerts ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. What Washington musician Yoko Sen describes as the “soundtrack ...

Monitors. Alarms. Pagers. People. Hospital noise can keep patients from getting a good night's sleep. Sound panels tested in the hallways of a hospital system helped reduce noise around patient rooms.