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Originally Posted by Robbie0723
My Apple Watch Noise app often triggers over 90 dB at the squares in the seating areas.
More than 30 minutes day or over 4 hrs a week at that level can cause hearing loss.
Impact may be more diminished in those with cumulitive hearing loss but I'd be especially careful limiting the time with children in the squares.
How to Protect Your Hearing With the Apple Watch Noise App | PCMag.com |
I have the A.W. 4 also but use another APP called Decibel X Pro. As I mentioned in an earlier post that app has a coupe times hit over 100db at the square by the booze house and often above 90db sitting in front of Starbucks for the louder groups. The answer is NOT "move out of The Villages" or "go somewhere else to listen to music". It is just possible they have their levels turned up a bit high at various times. For the SAME BAND (Johnny Wild as a specific example) sometimes it is not bad but sometimes it is painful. They have no set levels. The guy from the sound booth runs all around playing with the levels on his tablet. He controls each connected instrument, and each microphone. individually. The "consistency" changed after LSL and SS squares upgraded their sound system and lighting. Brownwood always had the newer equipment. Sometimes even the
relatively "quiet" solo performer with the prerecorded music behind her has vocal volume turned way too high. They are not as bothersome but still not properly balanced for the area and way above what it should be for the size of the listening area.