http://www.newsvine.com/sounds-of-combatNewsvine - sounds-of-combaten-usCopyright 2013Fri, 6 May 2011 08:47:55 +0000Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:53 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/06/6594905-audio-battlefield-aims-to-help-prepare-new-troopshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/06/6594905-audio-battlefield-aims-to-help-prepare-new-troopsusofus-newscombatsounds-of-combatFri, 6 May 2011 07:14:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Telecommunications professor Steven Grant stands next to a 64-speaker surround-sound audio battlefield in Rolla, Mo., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. In an effort to help prepare troops for combat’s auditory assault, researchers are turning a nearby warehouse into a surround-sound audio battlefield that they hope military trainers could soon use. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)</p><p>Telecommunications professor Steven Grant holds a sound level meter while standing in the middle of a 64-speaker surround-sound audio battlefield in Rolla, Mo., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. In an effort to help prepare troops for combat’s auditory assault, researchers are turning a nearby warehouse into a surround-sound audio battlefield that they hope military trainers could soon use. The noise levels that troops experience in battle can reach levels nearly 25 percent louder than a rock concert &#8212; enough to cause hearing loss and far higher than what researchers are permitted to use. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)</p><p>Telecommunications professor Steven Grant stands in the middle of a 64-speaker surround-sound audio battlefield in Rolla, Mo., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. In an effort to help prepare troops for combat’s auditory assault, researchers are turning a nearby warehouse into a surround-sound audio battlefield that they hope military trainers could soon use. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)</p><p>Telecommunications professor Steven Grant stands in the middle of a 64-speaker surround-sound audio battlefield in Rolla, Mo., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. In an effort to help prepare troops for combat’s auditory assault, researchers are turning a nearby warehouse into a surround-sound audio battlefield that they hope military trainers could soon use. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)</p>