impacts. The sound pressure levels show a slight variation with ball type, but are mainly a function of speech on the pickleball courts.
Ball
Elapsed Time LAeq
Foam Quiet Monarch
04:37 05:55 06:28 05:50
52.0 54.1 55.4 56.5
Onix
Dura 40
Table 3.6. Unadjusted Pickleball Sound Pressure Levels at Point 2
Table 3.7 shows the frequency of paddle impacts and the sound exposure levels. Note that the differences in mean SEL are much greater than LAeq; however, they both have the same rank order.
Time Window (sec)
Hits per Minute per Court
Mean SEL (dBA)
Upper 95% Confidence (dBA)
Lower 95% Confidence (dBA)
Median SEL (dBA)
Max SEL (dBA)
Min SEL (dBA)
Hits per Minute
Ball
Hits
Foam Quiet
31.0 30 58.1 21.0 30 85.7 20.0 30 90.0 19.0 30 94.7
8.3 45.8 12.2 49.6 12.9 51.5 13.5 55.2
47.3 51.6 53.1 57.2
43.6 43.7 52.2 37.3 45.9 46.8 58.5 41.0 48.9 49.5 59.4 37.7 51.0 51.3 64.0 44.7
Monarch
Onix
Dura 40
Table 3.7. Sound Exposure Levels at Point 2
3.3.3 Point 3 At the south curb of Satinloaf Drive 59 feet from the pickleball courts fence. Center of west side of courts on axis of play. Ground was asphalt.
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