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Sound intensity is not the same physical quantity as sound pressure. Human hearing is sensitive to sound pressure which is related to sound intensity. In consumer audio electronics, the level differences are called "intensity" differences, but sound intensity is a specifically defined quantity and cannot be sensed by a simple microphone.
Sound pressure or acoustic pressure is the local pressure deviation from the ambient ... Sound intensity, ... Loudest human voice [21] 1 inch 110 135 Trumpet [22] 0.5 ...
Sound power or acoustic power is the rate at which sound energy is emitted, reflected, transmitted or received, per unit time. [1] It is defined [2] as "through a surface, the product of the sound pressure, and the component of the particle velocity, at a point on the surface in the direction normal to the surface, integrated over that surface."
The threshold of hearing is generally reported in reference to the RMS sound pressure of 20 micropascals, i.e. 0 dB SPL, corresponding to a sound intensity of 0.98 pW/m 2 at 1 atmosphere and 25 °C. [3] It is approximately the quietest sound a young human with undamaged hearing can detect at 1 kHz. [4]
Loudness, a subjective measure, is often confused with physical measures of sound strength such as sound pressure, sound pressure level (in decibels), sound intensity or sound power. Weighting filters such as A-weighting and LKFS attempt to compensate measurements to correspond to loudness as perceived by the typical human.
While describing sound in terms of sound pressure, a logarithmic conversion is usually applied and the sound pressure level is stated instead, in decibels (dB), with 0 dB SPL equal to 20 micropascals. A microphone is distinguishable by the voltage value produced when a known, constant root mean square sound pressure is applied. This is known as ...
Sound pressure p, SPL, L PA Particle velocity v, SVL Particle displacement δ Sound intensity I, SIL Sound power P, SWL, L WA Sound energy W Sound energy density w Sound exposure E, SEL Acoustic impedance Z Audio frequency AF Transmission loss TL
A component having a flat frequency response will reproduce content at all frequencies across the specified frequency range at the same intensity. The frequency range often specified for audio components is between 20 Hz to 20 kHz, which broadly reflects the human hearing range .