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- CC image Your Safety by Maximo Santana on Flickr
- Can You Hear This?
- Listen Smart – Safely Handling the Power of Sound
- 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