OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, hasestablished shandards for workplace exposure to noise. According toOSHA's Hearing Conservation Standard, the permissible noiseexposure per day is 93.0 dB for 4 hours or 103 dB for 1 hour.Assuming the eardrum is 9.5 mm in diameter, find the energyabsorbed by the eardrum, when subjected to each of theseconditions.
(a) 93.0 dB for 4 hours
(b) 103 dB for 1 hour
(c) Is OSHA's safety standard simply a measure of the amount ofenergy absorbed by the eardrum?
Y or N
Explain.
