http://www.chs.ca/info/noise/levels.html The Canadian hearing society's page has info on decibel levels that damage human hearing. Dogs, of course, have better hearing than humans but I would guess that the frequency of the sound is as important as the decibels when it comes to dogs. I'd be more concerned about the amount of stress the dogs would experience being exposed to extended loud noise like an alarm. (PS: Where I live -- a suburb -- no one pays the slightest attention to a sound alarm unless it goers on for a long time. The best systems send a signal to the alarm company which then verifies that it's a genuine alarm and then notifies police/fire.) Sharon Crawford Hayward, CA
-----Original Message----- From: Barb Hoorman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CKCS-L] Audible Alarm System A friend asked me this question and I really don't have an answer. Hope someone else can give an educated guess :o) "We are looking into getting a security system for our home and the salesperson is telling us the alarm sound is 106 decimals. Could this possibly deafen the dogs if it is not turned off in a timely manner?" Barb Hoorman Benchmark Cavaliers - TX ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
