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1. Rustling leaves 20 dB
2. Whisper in a library 30 dB
3. Quiet room 40 dB
4. Rainfall 50 dB
5. Open-floor-plan office 60 dB
6. Vacuum cleaner 70 dB
7. Coffee shop 70 dB
8. City street 70 dB
9. Movie theater 70-104 dB
10. School cafeteria 75-80 dB
11. Kitchen blender 90 dB
12. Headphones on maximum 96 to 100 dB
13. Power hand drill 100 dB
14. Snowblower 106 dB
15. Rock-and-roll concert 110 dB
16. Jet ski 115 db
17. Ambulance siren 120 dB
18. Thunder 120 dB
19. Jackhammer 130 dB
20. Jet airplane taking off 140 dB

This was excerpted from “Quiet, Please!” which was published in the September 2021 issue of Experience Life magazine.

Karen
Karen Bannan

Karen Bannan is a freelance editor and writer who lives in New York. Follow her on Twitter @KarenBannan or her blog, NaturalasPossibleMom.com.

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