You might recognize the voice of Kim Kardashian. What makes the reality TV star's voice so distinctive is what linguists call “vocal fry” — a kind of gravely low voice that you can also hear in other ...

In the otherwise quiet neighborhood of Cobble Hill, residents often hear a piercing howl that’s enough to make their teeth hurt. The shrill sound, which they liken to amplified fingernails on a ...

New York City lawmakers have introduced legislation to change the city's emergency sirens. The new sound would likely resemble tones used in Europe, lowering the frequency for a less shrill sound.

A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull whistles from the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany. In research published ...

Avinash Gupta (name changed), a Delhi-based audio producer, perhaps never imagined that the ordinary shrill sounds of autorickshaw horns would one day become torture for him. But they did. And when ...