Noise levels inside the cab
 

How noisy is it inside the cab with the windows up both from the engine and from road noise? Is it loud enough to be able to cause eventual hearing loss? In some of the Youtube videos I've looked at it seems pretty loud and in others, not so much. I've heard that the newer trucks have sound insulation that keeps it fairly quiet. I like quiet.

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A noise level preventing normal conversation for hours and hours will damage your hearing. If you add a radio, CB or CD, your environment is even louder. In a factory, you would be required to use hearing protection. In a truck, simply turn off your hearing aids.

The noise level inside my truck is horribly loud. Then again it has very little sound insulation. I don't answer my phone going down the road, not just because it's dangerous but I can't hear the other person so it's a waste to answer it.

its pretty loud in a mack daycab, sleeper no so much

In my Volvo, I can have a normal conversation either on the phone or with my wife when she rides with me without any problem.

Some trucks are "louder" than others, but in no case should the ambient noise level inside the cab be enough to cause premature hearing loss. The better insulated and tighter the cab "seals up" is the main factor.

The other thing you have to remember is the microphones on those camcorders tend to concentrate and amplify noise they're picking up, so you will get an impression of more noise than there is actually is in there as a result.

The noisiest in the cab truck I ever drove was the 1989 Kenworth K100E I drove on my last gig as a truck driver. Hottest too, since I was sitting over the engine...a big plus in winter though!

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Hearing loss is accumulative. I'm 51...my hearing loss started in 1970........when I drove my first farm tractor.

Over the years...I have driven some pretty loud trucks, worked some very loud equipment..and I have worked in some very loud exterior enviroments as well, refineries, chemical plants, power plants and on oil wells.

Standing beside a busy city street is bad for your hearing. It isn't the loud noise......it is the ultra-low frequency that bites you.

We primarily drive 05 Columbias (daycabs) and even though they are all the same model, some are louder than others. It seems that those daycabs have no insulation whatsoever. They are very loud, plus it seems that even though the window is rolled all the way up, it still has a nice whistle. Not to mention leaky windshields.

The most quiet truck I drove was the 09 Int'l Prostar with a sleeper. Talk about a smooth ride. I was quiet like a Cadillac compared to those daycabs.

My next door neighbor is an audiologist. I'll ask her if cab noise can cause hearing loss.