On 3/12/07, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And for the record, I'm convinced that 20 years spending 12 hrs a day around noisy computers has probably harmed my hearing as much or more than going to shows. At shows I've almost always had some sort of ear protection.
yeah, the worst thing about sounds that arent crazily loud is the duration youre exposed to them. even with earplugs like the foam ones that cut -32 dB, when youre talking about being around some of these massive loud soundsystems that are pushing out 115+ dB, you should only be exposed to that ~85dB for like a couple hours at a time! read this: http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/hearingloss.cfm also love this: http://www.makeitlouder.com/Decibel%20Level%20Chart.txt which gives you approximations of things that make sounds at different dBs.... tom
