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Letters: Noise level at Finlay Park concert dangerously high

Columbia’s Finlay Park hosts movies, concerts and other events.
Columbia’s Finlay Park hosts movies, concerts and other events.

I went to the first Finlay Park concert of the season, and my ears are still ringing. The music was so loud that I decided to check it on my sound meter; it registered 7.2-8.4 decibels. We left early.

I wonder how many people are injured at these loud concerts. The children at this concert have to be hurt. I lost about half my hearing at a concert in Albany, N.Y., years ago.

Turn it down; the sound should never be above 5 decibels.

Jay Price

Columbia

This story was originally published June 11, 2017 at 6:42 PM with the headline "Letters: Noise level at Finlay Park concert dangerously high."

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