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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016 Nov;13(11):840–846. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2016.1183014

Table IV.

Mean difference (dB) between various smartphones, running the SoundMeter application, and a SLM stratified by device and microphone.

Device Microphone

iMM-6 Internal i436
iPhone 4A Mean 24.99
SD 0.12
N 54
iPhone 4S Mean -0.11 -1.09 0.50
SD 0.091 4.08 0.085
N 54 54 54
iPhone 5S Mean 0.02 1.76 0.82
SD 0.08 1.39 0.082
N 54 54 54
iPod 5G Mean -0.55 2.78 -0.01
SD 0.09 0.16 0.07
N 54 54 54
A

The iPhone 4 was not compatible with the external microphones