Yeah, you can get a 'sound level meter' for your cell phone - for free. Using that, you can see what the dB rating is and then see how long you can be exposed to it before it causes hearing loss.
They aren't 100% accurate, but they're close enough. We have a fancy one at the booth. They're not expensive, but most folks don't really have a call for one and probably aren't going to buy one. But, most folks seem to have a cell phone and that will do the job well enough for most applications.
Yeah, you can get a 'sound level meter' for your cell phone - for free. Using that, you can see what the dB rating is and then see how long you can be exposed to it before it causes hearing loss.
They aren't 100% accurate, but they're close enough. We have a fancy one at the booth. They're not expensive, but most folks don't really have a call for one and probably aren't going to buy one. But, most folks seem to have a cell phone and that will do the job well enough for most applications.
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