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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified title of Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Decibels. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Decibel Hell: The Effects of Living in a Noisy World. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Added interactive showing decibel values of various sounds. | Sep 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Diyala - Department of Engineering - Decibel (PDF). | May 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston University Physics - The Decibel Scale. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - What is a decibel? | Jan 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Montana State University - The Decibel Scale. | Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atlantic Canada Pressbooks Network - Avionics II - The Decibel. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Decibel Scale. | Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Decibels (the math). | Aug 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawaii - Department of Physics - DECIBEL (dB). | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Decibels. | Sep 19, 2022 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Jan 17, 2018 | ||
| Added new Web site: Simon Fraser University - Decibel. | Jun 03, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Decibel. | Apr 07, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: UNSW School of Physics, Sydney, Australia - Physclips - dB: What is a decibel? | Jan 03, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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