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Designed to make an Android-based SPL meter as close to a professional-grade device as possible, the deciBel Pro mobile app measures and calculates how loud the noises around you are. The app uses a ...

Qatar enforces vehicle noise rules with 79 dB limit. MOI warns against loud engines, exhaust modifications, and violations.

Getting medical staff to adopt some simple measures on three hospital wards reduced noise levels by just under 20 percent -- from 96.48 decibels to 77.52 decibels. Hospitals can be very noisy places.