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Are Apple Airpods capable of producing 165 decibels of sound? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by TiffanyTeal@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Inspired by this article, where a Texas family claim that an "Amber Alert" on their son's Airpods caused his eardrum to rupture.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10830803/Boy-suffered-ruptured-ear-drum-hearing-loss-Apple-AirPods-blared-Amber-Alert.html

At least some parts of the case have been dismissed:

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/6354c39e5358106ecd0d9f1d

https://casetext.com/search?q=Gordoa%20v.%20Apple&sort=relevance&p=1&type=case

According to this, sound levels starting from 165 decibels would cause eardrum rupture: https://evidence.unboundmedicine.com/evidence/view/EBMG/457351/all/Acute_acoustic_trauma#:%7E:text=An%20intense%20sound%20wave%20will,also%20rupture%20the%20tympanic%20membrane

Question: Are the Apple Airpods physically capable of producing 165 decibels of sound?

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

According to a test conducted by the source below, they max out at 108.3 db, so I guess the claimants are full of shit.

https://headphonesaddict.com/how-loud-are-apple-airpods/

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

Doesn't actually mean their eardrums didn't rupture from the airpods, just that under those testing conditions they can't generate the imposed constraint of 130 dB.

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And because of the logarithmic nature of decibels, 6 dB louder approximately means twice as loud. So these claimants are saying the airpods reached about 700 times higher volume than they can.