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    OSHA Guide: 90 dB for 8 Hours?

    Let say if you are around 85 decibel for about two hours according to the guide you dont need to use earplugs because it is still less than 8 hours right? ike you would only use earplugs if it is 85 db for nearing 8 hours lets say you gonna be in it for 6 hours then you may want to use earplugs...
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    OSHA Guide: 90 dB for 8 Hours?

    I know that , I am not trying to see how long I can listen to these loud sounds. I am trying to use it as a precaution as when to use earplugs if I am exposed to loud sounds. Because I don't think I should be wearing earplugs if I just listen to 5-10 minutes of 90 decibels. You get me? So I...
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    OSHA Guide: 90 dB for 8 Hours?

    Can someone show me how to use or read the noise chart of 85 db 8 hours http://www.noisehelp.com/noise... Read detail for question? For example the guideline allows me to listen to 91 db for 2 hours without earplug and if i rest for the remaining day or 22 hours i can listen to 91 db for 2...
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    OSHA Guide: 90 dB for 8 Hours?

    http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html Correct me if I'm wrong but is this guide saying you can be exposed to 90 dB for 8 hours a day without earplugs? And it renews after you rest your ears for the remaining day or 16 hours. Then the next day you can be exposed to 90 dB for 8...
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    OSHA Guide: 90 dB for 8 Hours?

    Oh no I'm just asking if this was what the guide is saying
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    OSHA Guide: 90 dB for 8 Hours?

    http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html Correct me if I'm wrong but is this guide saying you can be exposed to 90 dB for 8 hours a day. And it renews so you can be exposed to 90 dB for 8 hour again the next day.
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    Anyone with Good Hearing in High Frequency 8 kHz - 20 kHz? Please Look

    I wanna ask what do you do to preserve your high frequency 8khz-20khz? and how old are you? Like do you wear earplugs in everyday environment such as driving, walking in the street, eating in a restaurant, office work, grocery shopping etc/ When do you start wearing earplugs (do you follow...
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    Average Street Decibel, Is It Safe to Walk for a Long Time?

    Hi how long can we walk in your average street 75-80ish db? and be safe?
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    People with Presbycusis Ski-Slope Loss, I Have a Question

    Do you need to wear earplugs walking on the street, eating in a noisy restaurant 75-80 db, driving, doing grocery shopping, basically daily day-to-day activities do where decibel is 75-80 , do you need to be wearing earplugs because now there is 50 db at 6khz and 70 db at 8khz presbycusis...
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    Fear of Going Deaf

    Do you need to wear earplugs walking on the street, eating in a noisy restaurant 75-80 db, driving, doing grocery shopping, basically daily day-to-day activities do where decibel is 75-80 , do you need to be wearing earplugs because now there is 50 db at 6khz and 70 db at 8khz presbycusis...
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    Fear of Going Deaf

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    If You Already Have Hearing Loss, Are You Susceptible to Noise Damage?

    Do you have a hearing loss in which frequency is it?
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    If You Already Have Hearing Loss, Are You Susceptible to Noise Damage?

    Do you have a hearing loss if yes, mild, moderate or severe or perhaps the gradual sloping audiogram due to aging?
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    If You Already Have Hearing Loss, Are You Susceptible to Noise Damage?

    is it because you are borned with 20000 hair cells, and with hearing loss you just lose a number of hair cells, but the remaining hair cell are healthy therefore they take the same amount of intensity 85 decibel for 8 hours to damage them as if compared to a person with normal hearing... having...
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    Fear of Going Deaf

    in cases with hearing loss like these. do you guys still use the same hearing loss guideline by ohsa saying the damage takes 85 db around 8 hours? or are your ears a lot more susceptible and easier to damage at a lower decibel now with the hearing loss let's say it might take only 80 decibel...