Reply #81: Actually they do have to comply

[Indy Lurker]

ADA requires employers to provide "reasonable" accommodations to someone with a disability.

Having a condition that made you susceptible to hearing damage at moderate volume would certainly qualify. Of course it would have to be a documented condition.

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In regards to the OP, there's no way it could be over 85 dB in a Starbucks, everyone would have to yell just to hear each other. The blender while it's running is probably about 85 dB to people who are standing 3 ft from it, but you would have to run it 8 hours straight to have the potential of causing damage to normal healthy adult or child.

FYI Decibels are measured at 1 meter (3 ft) when you move to being 6 feet away, the sound is only 1/4 of what is is at 1 meter (3 ft.)