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With eight go-carts running, the noise level heard by neighbors would not exceed 57 decibels, Thunder said. He said 60 decibels was equivalent to a dishwasher running in the background.

“Crickets chirp at 58 decibels.” The town zoning law sets a noise limit at 57 decibels between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and lowers that level to 53 decibels from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. At a town Zoning ...

Times have changed. A recent study showed that the daytime noise level in a hospital has increased from 57 decibels in 1960 to 72 decibels in 2005. As an example of how loud this is, a soft ...

No more than 15,000 people would be subjected to 57 decibels, which is the level at which the Government believes " significant community annoyance" begins. Latest figures show the number ...