Listen Smart – Safely Handling the Power of Sound

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Can You Hear This?
- Hearing Test: http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/
- Sound Levels: http://makeitlouder.com/Decibel%20Level%20Chart.txt
Listen Smart – Safely Handling the Power of Sound
- Embed video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4HA6qm5C64
Sound is measured in decibels.
if over 140 decibels is a plane taking off.
Concerts are over 140 decibels
How we hear: sound hits ear drum, causing vibrations in the ear bones, stimulates hair cell, then stimulates the brain.
Ear damage can cause pain
put in ear pieces in concerts
cotton and toilet paper doesn’t work
3M™ Hearing Conservation Worker Training Video
- Embed video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilsqGcCmPeQ
- Whispering is 30 Decibels
- Vacuums are 80 Decibels
- a power saw is 112 decibels
- 70 decibels: no damage
- 80 decibels: damage after 8 hours
- 91 decibels: damage after 2 hours
- 100 Decibels: severe damage after 15 mins
- 115 decibels: Severe damage within one minute!
- 140 decibels: instant damage and pain
- use ear plugs!
SoundAdvice.info For Audio Career Tips
- Examine soundadvice.info for information about sound safety in the workplace
- length is as important as
Chart of Sound in the Environment
- Insert a chart with volume levels from Mr. Le Duc’s blog post