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  2. Acoustic trauma - Wikipedia

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    Acoustic trauma is the sustainment of an injury to the eardrum as a result of a very loud noise. Its scope usually covers loud noises with a short duration, such as an explosion, gunshot or a burst of loud shouting. Quieter sounds that are concentrated in a narrow frequency may also cause damage to specific frequency receptors. [1]

  3. Sound exposure - Wikipedia

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    1 dB = ⁠ 1 / 20 ⁠ ln 10 is the decibel. The commonly used reference sound exposure in air is [2] = . The proper notations for sound exposure level using this reference are L W/(400 μPa 2 ⋅s) or L W (re 400 μPa 2 ⋅s), but the notations dB SEL, dB(SEL), dBSEL, or dB SEL are very common, even if they are not accepted by the SI.

  4. Gunfire locator - Wikipedia

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    Boomerang, a gunfire locator, being used by British forces in Afghanistan Shooting Detector Diagram. A gunfire locator or gunshot detection system is a system that detects and conveys the location of gunfire or other weapon fire using acoustic, vibration, optical, or potentially other types of sensors, as well as a combination of such sensors.

  5. Noise-induced hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    The ear can be exposed to short periods of sound in excess of 120 dB without permanent harm — albeit with discomfort and possibly pain — but long term exposure to sound levels over 85 dB(A) can cause permanent hearing loss. [31] There are two basic types of NIHL: NIHL caused by acoustic trauma; NIHL that gradually develops.

  6. Shot noise - Wikipedia

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    Shot noise or Poisson noise is a type of noise which can be modeled by a Poisson process. In electronics shot noise originates from the discrete nature of electric charge . Shot noise also occurs in photon counting in optical devices, where shot noise is associated with the particle nature of light.

  7. Eminem Criticized for Using Realistic Gunshot Sounds During ...

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    Eminem is drawing criticism from festival-goers who were frightened and upset over the rapper’s use of realistic gunshot sound effects during his headlining performance at Bonnaroo Saturday ...

  8. Impulse noise (acoustics) - Wikipedia

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    A classic filter used to remove impulse noise is the median filter, at the expense of signal degradation. Thus it's quite common to get better performing impulse noise filters with model-based systems, which are programmed with the time and frequency properties of the noise to remove only impulse obliterated samples. [5]

  9. Muzzle blast - Wikipedia

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    The audible sound of a gun discharging, also known as the muzzle report or gunfire, may have two sources: the muzzle blast itself, which manifests as a loud and brief "pop" or "bang", and any sonic boom produced by a transonic or supersonic projectile, which manifest as a sharp whip-like crack that persists a bit longer.