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Updated visitor guidelines. You are here Home » Harmful Noise Levels. Top of the page. Topic Overview The effects of noise on hearing vary among people. Following is a table of the decibel level of a number of sounds. Noise levels Noise Average decibels dB Leaves rustling, soft music, whisper 30 Average home noise 40 Normal conversation, background music 60 Office noise, inside car at 60 mph 70 Vacuum cleaner, average radio 75 Heavy traffic, window air conditioner, noisy restaurant, power lawn mower 80—89 sounds above 85 dB are harmful Subway, shouted conversation 90—95 Boom box, ATV, motorcycle 96— School dance — Chainsaw, leaf blower, snowmobile — Sports crowd, rock concert, loud symphony — Stock car races Gun shot, siren at feet As loudness increases, the amount of time you can hear the sound before damage occurs decreases.

Preventing damage to your hearing An easy way to become aware of potentially harmful noise is to pay attention to warning signs that a sound might be damaging to your hearing. A sound may be harmful if: You have difficulty talking or hearing others talk over the sound. The sound makes your ears hurt. Your ears are ringing after hearing the sound. Other sounds seem muffled after you leave an area where there is loud sound.

Babies and children are not the only ones that need hearing protection at noisy events, you do too! Keep these facts in mind next time you go to a loud arena. Every decibel and minute counts! Schedule an audiology appointment with us today! Previous Next. What Are Decibels? Food blender 88 dB ; milling machine 85 dB ; garbage disposal 80 dB. Possible damage in 8 h exposure.

Passenger car at 65 mph at 25 ft 77 dB ; freeway at 50 ft from pavement edge 10 a. Living room music 76 dB ; radio or TV-audio, vacuum cleaner 70 dB. Arbitrary base of comparison. Upper 70s are annoyingly loud to some people. Conversation in restaurant, office, background music, Air conditioning unit at ft. Quiet suburb, conversation at home. Large electrical transformers at ft.