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| Decibels | Example | ||
| Threshold of Pain | 140 | Jet Engine (75ft away) | Painful & Dangerous |
| 130 | Jet Aircraft during take off (300ft away) | ||
| Threshold of Feeling | 120 | Hard Rock Band (with amplification) | Deafening |
| 110 | Accelerating Motorcycle at a few feet away. | ||
| 100 | Car Horn at 10ft / Footbal Crowd / Printing Press | Very Loud | |
| 90 | Pneumatic Concrete Breaker | ||
| Threshold of hearing loss | 80 | Café with sound reflecting surfaces | Loud |
| (long term exposure) | 70 | B-757 Aircraft cabin during flight / Crackling of food wrapper (2ft away) | |
| 60 | Near Road Traffic (when greater than 55dB road & rail annoy most people) | Moderate | |
| Speech 50-70dB | 50 | Office Environment | |
| 40 | Soft Stereo Music at home | Faint | |
| 30 | Home environment without stereo, late at night | ||
| 20 | Whisper / Audiometric testing room | Very Faint | |
| 10 | Russle of leaves in breeze / Human breathing | ||
| Threshold of hearing | 0 |
