1.   These are, these sounds are measured on an instrument called a sound level meter.

2.   A sound meter was set up in an attempt to break the Guinness record for crowd noise at an outdoor sports stadium.

3.   But they own only one sound meter per borough and occasionally have to borrow from the Department of Environmental Protection.

4.   First, an officer uses the sound meter to measure normal background noise in the area.

5.   THE DEAFENING ROAR OF THE MOVIES Audiologist Robert Sweetow packed along his sound meter when he went to a selection of Bay Area movie theaters this past summer.

6.   The sound meter produced a few scary results too.

7.   Toback is attracted to danger and to performers who like to slam the sound meter straight into the red.