title: The fundamentals of sound and its measurement.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide directors of animal care facilities with a basic understanding of some of the principles of acoustics and the measurement of sound. This knowledge likely will enable directors to work effectively with sound and hearing specialists at their institutions to monitor and control the acoustic environments of laboratory animal facilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA. lhughes@siumed.edu
authors.forename: Larry F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science; D010825:Physics / Q000379:methods; D013016:Sound