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Steven R. Vincent, MD; Thomas E. Hawkinson, MS, CIH
Minneapolis

JAMA. 1987;258(24):3513-3514.

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To the Editor.—

The 1987 World Series between Minnesota and St Louis focused attention on yet another environmental stressor affecting player performance: excessive levels of spectator noise. Recent media coverage of the elevated levels of noise in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome—home field of the Minnesota Twins—led us to undertake measurement of the noise dose. Peak levels of 118 dB have been reported. One of us (T.E.H.), a Certified Industrial Hygienist, routinely makes noise-dose measurements and has access to the appropriate instrumentation. The other (S.R.V.), having the good fortune to acquire tickets to the second game of the World Series, wore the dosimeter to the game.

Study.—

A calibrated noise exposure analyzer was worn with the microphone at the collar during the 3 1/2-hour game. The exposure was measured in the center field upper deck, row 25, about ten rows from the top. The Metrodome, a fabric- and Teflon-covered stadium, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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