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Listening Standards You Can Expect

Bethany First Church strives to create a worship environment that is both comfortable and safe for all members of the congregation, staff, and guests. These are the standards you can expect for our services.

Sound Level Limits

Sanctuary sound levels are measured regularly using a calibrated measurement microphone in conjunction with SMAART® software. SMAART® software allows BFC Production to monitor the sound pressure level of the Bethany First Church sanctuary for every service. This allows accurate and consistent readings to be measured and collected.

Traditional Worship: 88 dB A Slow LAEQ

Contemporary Worship: 94 dB A Slow LAEQ

Smaart sound analysis software screen showing a spectrum analyzer with green frequency bars and various sound level measurements.

Bethany First Church documents sound pressure level readings in “A” weighted, slow response(dB A Slow). dB A Slow excludes low frequencies to provide a more realistic representation of the higher, more damaging, frequencies.

Equivalent Continuous Sound Pressure Level(LAeq) averages sound pressure level over time to provide the most accurate sound pressure level for the entirety of services at Bethany First Church.