{"id":35975,"date":"2024-05-23T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=35975"},"modified":"2024-05-30T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T22:21:02","slug":"noise-exposure-hearing-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/occupational-health-safety\/occupational-medicine\/noise-exposure-hearing-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Noise Exposure &#038; Hearing Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-e3748a58\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-7b342585\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7b342585\">\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AIl_LIIMcAA?si=ddZPV9XpiQs1uS1E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" 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Times<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1 tablepress-responsive\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-1-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Noise Level<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Allowable Exposure Time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">85 decibels<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">8 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">90 decibels<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">100 decibels<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1 hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">105 decibels<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">30 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">110 decibels<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">15 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">115 decibels<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0 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class=\"column-2\">56<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">50<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hair Dryer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">75<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">50<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Movie Theater<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">81<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">72<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Leaf Blower<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">84<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">76<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Symphony Concert<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">90<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">80<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lawn mower<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">93<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">88<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chainsaw<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">102<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">77<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rock Concert<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">104<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">80<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sporting Event<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">106<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">94<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-2 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ewu-medium-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ewu-medium-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noise Exposure Links<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-576b2704\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-092ea84d\"><div 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