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dB to add to highest
sound pressure level
3.0
2.5
2.1
1.8
1.5
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.5
0
Noise Criteria
Sound
Power
Level dB
195
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
0.001
90
0.0001
0.00001
80
70
0.000001
60
0.0000001
0.00000001
0.000000001
50
40
30
32
Source
Shuttle Booster rocket
Jet engine with afterburner
Jet aircraft at takeoff
Turboprop at takeoff
Prop aircraft at takeoff
Loud rock band
Small aircraft engine
Blaring radio
Car at highway speed
Axial ventilating fan (2500
m3h) Voice shouting
Garbage disposal unit
Voiceconversational level
Electronic equipment cooling
fan
Office air diffuser
Small electric clock
Voice - very soft whisper
200.0
Sound
Pressure
Level dB
140
63.0
130
20.0
120
6.3
110
2.0
0.63
0.2
0.063
0.02
0.0063
0.002
0.00063
0.0002
0.00002
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
0
Sound Pressure
(Pascals)
Typical Environment
30m from military aircraft at take-off
Pneumatic chipping and riveting
(operators position)
Passenger Jet takeoff at 100 ft.
Automatic punch press
(operators position)
Automatic lathe shop
Construction sitepneumatic drilling
Computer printout room
Loud radio (in average domestic room)
Restaurant
Conversational speech at 1m
Whispered conversation at 2m
Background in TV recording studios
Normal threshold of hearing
Loudness, Sones
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
9
50
60
70
80
33
90
100