What Is an Immediate Danger?
Anything in the range of 140 decibels, like a jet engine, is an immediate danger to your hearing. Exposure could create acoustic trama resulting in immediate deafness.
What Is the Pain Threshold?
Around 125 decibels, roughly as loud as a firecracker, is refered to as the pain threshold. It's the point where your ear interpert the level of sound as physically painful. Prolonged exposure at this level is very dangerous.
What Causes Damage in 7.5 Minutes?
The average rock concert is 120 decibels. At that volume hearing damage occurs in 7.5 minutes.
What Causes Damage in 15 Minutes?
The average football stadium is 115 decibels, loud enough to cause damage in 15 minutes.
What Causes Damage in 30 Minutes?
At 110 decibels, riding a gas engine snowmobile will cause hearing damage in 30 minutes.
What Causes Damage in 1 hour?
At 105 decibels, riding in a helicopter will cause hearing damage in 1hour. This is also the same volume as an iPod on full volume, between 105-115 decibels depending on your iPod model and headphones.
What Causes Damage in 2 hours?
At 100 decibels, using a chainsaw will cause hearing damage in 2 hours.
What Causes Damage in 4 hours?
At 95 decibels, driving a motorcycle will cause hearing damage in 4 hours.
What Causes Damage in 8 hours?
At 90 decibels, a lawnmower will cause hearing damage in 8 hours.
