FYI, 85 decibels is the cutoff used by OSHA for acceptable continuous noise for 8 hours. For one hour, the cutoff is 94 decibels. Note this is for continuous noise. Although loud music is significantly higher than 94 decibels, it may not be considered continuous. I also saw some articles that said OSHA in the US is lagging a bit behind the rest of the world when it came to hearing protection and decibel guidelines in the work place. You may want to do a bit of research and Googling yourself before approaching the owner of your gym, just to make sure you've got all of your ducks in a row and a strong case to make.
On 03/09/12 09:56, Ron Pelletier wrote: > Hey all, > > I need the same because I am trying to prove to the owner of my gym that > arobics music does not and shouldn't be so loud. I was told by an > audiologist that a 75 decibel sound sustained for 1 hour can and does cause > permanent ear damage. I'd love to prove to him how much louder than 75 > decibels the music is and for more than 1 hour that I am there. > > Ron & Danvers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Marc Rocheleau > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Accessible decibel meter > > Hey all, > > I was just wondering if someone knows of an accessible app to measure the > volume in a room via decibels. Having recently suffered some ear damage, > it's something I want to be aware of so that I can (hopefully) take better > care of my ears. > > Thanks in advance! > > -Marc > > -- > "There is no shame in being who you are. There's only shame in not going > down swinging to protect it" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
