decibels

And so it went, Canada Hockey Place growing in decibels by the American scoreless minute.

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For someone who was only operating at about 27%, 30 decibels is a lot to lose.

The trouble with my kind of deaf. « 2008

I don’t claim to understand acoustics — presumably, 144 decibels is at the site of the whistle, and in the 20 feet between the whistle and my ears up in my apartment, there’s a certain degree of falloff.

Train Whistles to be Silenced at cvillenews.com 2005

That’s 144 decibels. 90 decibels is the sound level inside of a loud factory (requiring hearing protection). 120 decibels is the sound of a jet engine at full throttle from 100m away. 130 decibels is the threshold of pain. 144 decibels significantly exceeds the pain threshold.

Train Whistles to be Silenced at cvillenews.com 2005

In sound engineer speak, that is A-weighted decibels, but let's just call it decibels from here on out.

Shhhh. Oh, Never Mind. Sumathi Reddy 2011

MARC DELTETE, USS MOMSEN: Six decibels, which is essentially -- it's like 75 percent like taking a flashlight and taking 75 percent of your flashlight out.

CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2008 2008

But the signal was strong, averaging 66,8 decibels, which is the equivalent of a loud conversation among humans.

Tuning in to squirrels 2004

The inventors say the system works in noise up to 160 decibels, which is louder than a jet aeroplane taking off.

Invention: The Tooth Mike | Impact Lab 2005

But the signal was strong, averaging 66,8 decibels, which is the equivalent of a loud conversation among humans.

Tuning in to squirrels 2004

"Unfortunately our decibels are a little bit higher," she said.

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