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Death of hearing tissue
Loudest sound possible
Train whistle at 500’, Truck Traffic
Jackhammer at 50’
Hand Drill
Snowmobile, Motorcycle
Power mower at 3’
Power saw at 3’
Sandblasting, Loud Rock Concert
Pneumatic riveter at 4’
Jet engine at 100’
12 Gauge Shotgun Blast
180 165 140 125 pain begins 115 110 107 100 95
98 90 80
85
Whisper Quiet Library at 6’
Normal conversation at 3’
Telephone dial tone
City Traffic (inside car)
Weakest sound heard
60
hearing loss 30 normal 0 decibel
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can you hear it
To the life less ordinary Picked up and carried away, Swirling in the air,A leaf in the wind Not knowing how she will fare, Will she land on water Be gently carried away, Bask in the sunshine, Peacefully spend her day, Or will she land in a thicket.. 0dB
silience
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Hisfeathers, deepestblues, blended well into a beauty will ever claim 30dB
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raindrop falling on my head as water slowly purifies the earth of centuries of human reign on here it also fills my heart with wistfull mirth for rain to me gives memories held dear
50dB
hearing,loss
when the sound clearly, there’s no beauty to feels when the sound loudly, maybe we want to breake away
95dB
115dB
loud, loudly
The incidence of hearing loss in classical musicians has been estimated at 4-43%, in rock musicians 13-30%.
beware, yours 130dB
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) – this is hearing loss due to exposure to either a sudden, loud noise or exposure to loud noises for a period of time. A dangerous sound is anything that is 85 dB (sound pressure level – SPL) or higher.