Click to play videoMumbai: Like always Diwali is all about sweets and gifts galore but it's also about high decibel levels. With just a few days to go, there is much ammunition raising the boom quotient of the festival.
“We can hear the crackers bursting from two blocks away,” says a shopkeeper Hanif Shaikh said.
While another enthusiast Amitav said, “It's Diwali and so everybody should be excused. We should have a loud Diwali.”
But for some like eighty-two-year-old Shivaji Kamat, a confirmed cricket buff, watching India in action is far more engrossing than anything else. For the past 40 years he's been fighting off a problem called Tinnitus that's characterised by a ringing noise in the ears.
So with Diwali approaching, he chooses to be wary like a consistent opener, whom every bowler fears. “I simply stuff cotton into both my ears. What else can I do,” Kamat said.
According to the Environment (protection) Act of 1986 the standard for ambient air in a residential area is 45 decibels at night. But medical experts warn that anything beyond 90 decibels, depending how near you are to the source, progressively becomes a cause for worry. Even a one-time high intensity sound above 120 decibels can cause permanent ear damage.
“The sound of a loud explosion can cause perforations in the ear and lead to many other ear problems,” ENT Surgeon, Dr. Prabodh Karnik said.
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