![]() However, I have recently had an incredible experience in a theatre with hearing protection. There are damaging decibels everywhere and they will, if not accounted for, cause irreparable hearing damage. ![]() ![]() Bring a pair of earplugs or a handful to pass out. I am recommending that, if and when you attend a showing, you prepare as you would a concert or live event. And that’s why I’m telling this story: not too dissuade you from going to the movies or enjoying your favorite visual artists. My job is to protect people from getting dosed. I felt like I was hearing through a tunnel. For the remainder of the evening, I felt exhausted. After the film was over, I knew that I had done something terrible to my ears. When the movie alluded to gunfire or a bomb drop, I cupped my ears and slouched in my seat to escape the assault. I crammed these into my ears for the duration of the movie. I was extremely fortunate in that my brother had brought an extra pair of generic earbuds with him. Over half of the movie involves explosives or machine guns. Dunkirk is an hour and forty-six minutes long. Hearing damage occurs after 15 minutes of exposure to 100 decibels. The volume raised to nearly 100 decibels during a later bombing run. As I looked around me at the nearly full theater, my heart sunk. I found that the output of the theater’s sound system was incredibly worrying. However, studiesshow that the apps’ measurements differ from calibrated dosimeters’ by less than +1. I understand that there are varying degrees of accuracy with the dosimeter apps. As I ducked alongside the soldiers, I pulled out a dosimeter app on my iPhone. Being in the hearing protection business, I knew that I had made a mistake.Įventually, the bombing runs ceased. When the enemy forces dropped a bomb on the Allies, my ears began to physically ache. I could immediately leave the theater, or find some form of hearing protection.
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