Search no more. Google has created an experimental function to allow you to mute the audio on a tab.
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Chrome Function to Enable Tab Audio Muting
To enable Tab audio muting, type
chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting
in your omnibar (as below).
Click on the Enable link under the Yellow highlighted words Enable tab audio muting UI control. This will change the enable the functionality and the link will change to Disable (as below).
In order for the audio muting to work in Chrome, you need to restart chrome. Do this by typing Chrome://restart in the omnibox.
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Turned off audio will be indicated by a red circle with a line drawn through it (as below).