why are crowds louder than small groups/individuals even if each person produces the same amount of noise? In other words why would a group of people, each generating noise at Xdb sound louder than an individual generating noise at Xdb? How does cumulative sound work?
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Maybe a little too simple, but we tend to speak louder in a loud environment. So I’m addition to the very accurate and technical answers, I’ll point out that individuals likely will raise their voices to to be heard when surrounded by people as loud as themselves. Perhaps not quite hitting OPs question on the head…
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