How Festival Dhol Pathaks and Loudspeakers Can Cause Permanent Hearing Damage in One Evening
The decibels at a dhol pathak are not a metaphor for loudnessA dhol played at close range during a procession registers between 100 and 120 decibels. The WHO recommends no more than 85 decibels for eight hours of continuous exposure, and cuts that safe window to under two minutes at…
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