How Loud is the Coqui?

Why can't Maui hotel guests sleep?

The list below shows you exactly how load the Coqui is in relation to other sounds in our world. We have a CD player continously playing a recording of the Coqui sounds, but thankfully you only hear it when you press a button, and even then it is only playing at 50% of the volume!

Sound level Source (Decibels)

• 160 Ram jet
• 140 (Threshold of pain)
• 120 Power riveter
• 115-120 Rock concert
• 100 Semitrailer, 10 feet away
• 90-100 Eleutherodactylus coqui and Eleutherodactylus martinicensis
• 80 Vacuum cleaner
• 60 Normal conversation
• 40 Sounds in an average living room
• 20 Whisper
• 0 (Threshold of hearing)