Anyone excited for the noise meter on WatchOS6?

[TotalMacMove]

I think it’s a great addition.

I’ve suffered hearing loss as well as tinnitus in my left ear without knowing the cause. My only suspicion is that I’ve been renovating my house and have run quite a few power tools.

Perhaps an alert of this nature could’ve saved me significant medical bills as well as my hearing.

Ah man i’m sorry to hear that. How long were you renovating your house? And what sort of power tools? Tinnitus is usually brought on from a chronic exposure (long term) to noise.

 

[willmtaylor]

Ah man i’m sorry to hear that. How long were you renovating your house? And what sort of power tools? Tinnitus is usually brought on from a chronic exposure (long term) to noise.

I bought it 18 mo.’s ago and have worked on it hours at a time on & off since. I’ve used everything from miter saws, table saws, jig saws, industrial rotary floor buffer, pneumatic chisels, pneumatic airguns, orbital sanders, pressure washers, etc.

In use, I never had ringing or pain, so when I started to notice the ringing and loss, I was puzzled. A hearing test confirmed it, and an MRI ruled out anything more nefarious.

 

[MacWanker]

Eagerly anticipating the tweets with photos of someones watch showing a high dB level saying 'xxx ****ed my hearing' because they stuck their arm in a sub cabinet. And the first person to come to FOH waving their wrist saying 'turn it down, it is too loud' is getting thrown out, or a punch in the face, depending on sleep deprivation level.

 

[kingtj]

By any chance, did you ever test NIOSH using an external microphone? I know they talk about ones you can buy that will give more accurate readings. I never cared enough to purchase one for it. But I did have a project to find out how loud a rack of computer servers actually was in an office, both with the door to the room shut and with it left cracked open.

Does the app seem to be accurate with lower sound volumes but loses accuracy with louder noise, or you'd say it's just not that accurate a reading across the board?

The accuracy, I am the guy that goes to construction sites and measures air, noise, etc.. to prevent people from damaging their hearing. I’m always geared up to prevent any damage

 

[TotalMacMove]

By any chance, did you ever test NIOSH using an external microphone? I know they talk about ones you can buy that will give more accurate readings. I never cared enough to purchase one for it. But I did have a project to find out how loud a rack of computer servers actually was in an office, both with the door to the room shut and with it left cracked open.

Does the app seem to be accurate with lower sound volumes but loses accuracy with louder noise, or you'd say it's just not that accurate a reading across the board?

I have only used the standalone NIOSH app, no microphone.. Compared to a calibrated dosimeter, the app did good inside rooms and in average sized houses where there was a few noise sources. The app was rather accurate between the 80-90dB range in that scenario. Anything outside was across the board when I tried it for 7 12 hour days.

I wouldn’t make any decisions based on just my data though.. do some research, rent a 3M Edge 5 or a Casella noise dosimeter if you want publishable data.

 

[The Game 161]

Can’t say how I would ever use it personally