A public service announcement

The symptoms of noise induced hearing loss are subtle in the early stages. Hearing loss tends to occur first for high-pitched sounds only. Consequently, the volume of sound heard may be unchanged but the quality of it lessens. Speech may be heard but not completely understood. The presence of background noise can make speech hard to understand.

Noise induced hearing loss can be accompanied by a ringing in the ears (tinnitus). Tinnitus can often be more annoying than the hearing loss itself.

                                                                       

Decibel Levels of Environmental Sounds	dBA SPL
Produces Pain	120-140
Jet Aircraft During Takeoff (at 20 meters)	130
Snowmobile Tractor Without Cab	120
The Superdome for a Saints playoff game	116 dB
Rock Concert	110
Die Forging Hammer Gas Weed-Whacker Chain Saw Pneumatic Drill	100-105
Home Lawn Mowers	95 to100 dB
Semi-trailers (at 20 meters)	90
Heavy Traffic	80
Automobile (at 20 meters)	70
Vacuum Cleaner	65
Conversational Speech (at 1 meter)	60
Quiet Business Office	50
Residential Area at Night	40
Whisper	20
Rustle of Leaves	10
Threshold of Audibility	0

Comments

[Aaron]

Awesome. You should get a black & gold hearing aid.

[Mr. Clio]

So that's what this ringing is. I still got it, and it's Monday morning.

[saintseester]

Well, when I am an old geezer going, "Eh? Eh? Quit cher mumbling." At least I'll know I came by it in the best way possible.

[Adrastos]

Where do Dangerblond and Loki fit on the scale?

[mominem]

As a quasi-Chicagoan, will you be attending next week?

[ashley]

Mominem: I'm trying...if I can get a ticket tomorrow, I will. I won't pay scalper prices to freeze my butt off while we kick Bear booty, and then celebrate with bad food.

Adrastos: I don't know, exactly, but I'm thinking "Die Forging Hammer" for Loki, and "weed whacker" for blondie.

I love the ringing. I think we hit 120 a couple o times.

[Donnie McDaniel]

116 dB....Good Gawd!