

Let’s take a look at how sound is measured and some decibel examples you’re likely to come across. Knowing the dB levels of these noises can help us protect ourselves from hearing loss. We are exposed to a wide range of dB level examples in our everyday lives. Use of Telephone in Noisy Areas - Satisfactory, difficult and impossible noise levels for telephone use in noisy areas.Sounds are measured in decibels (dB).Sound Pressure - Sound Pressure is the force of sound on a surface perpendicular to the propagation of sound.Sound Intensity, Power and Pressure Levels - Introduction to decibel, sound power, intensity and pressure.Sound Intensity - Acoustic power of sound per unit area.SIL - the Speech Interference Levels - Background noise frequencies that interferes with speech.Signals - Adding Decibels - The logarithmic decibel scale is convenient when adding signal values like sound power, pressure and others from two or more sources.Scales of Objects - The relative scale of objects.Phonetic Alphabet - The phonetic alphabet used in international aircraft communications.Outdoor Ambient Sound Pressure Levels - Outdoor ambient sound pressure levels (dBA) in rural and urban business and industrial environments with or without limited traffic.Noise generated in Air Ducts - Estimate noise generated by air flow in ducts.Maximum Sound Pressure Levels in Rooms - Maximum recommended sound pressure levels in rooms like kindergartens, auditoriums, libraries, cinemas and more.Logarithms - The rules of logarithms - log 10 and log e for numbers ranging 1 to 1000.Decibel A, B and C - Sound pressure filters that compensates for the hearing sensed by the human ear.Miscellaneous - Engineering related topics like Beaufort Wind Scale, CE-marking, drawing standards and more.Noise and Attenuation - Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound - noise, noise generation, silencers and attenuation in HVAC systems.


S ref - reference signal - intensity or power level (signal unit)ġ0 -12 W is normally the lowest sound power possible to hear and this value is normally used as the reference power in sound power calculations. S - signal - intensity or power level (signal unit) S = S ref 10 (L / 10) (2) Decibel Calculator If the decibel value and reference level are known the absolute signal level can be calculated by transforming (1) to Note! - the decibel value of a signal increases with 3 dB if the signal is doubled (L = 10 log (2) = 3). The signal units depends on the nature of the signal - can be W for power.Ī decibel is one-tenth of a Bel - named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. S ref = reference signal - intensity or power level (signal unit)ĭecibel is a dimensionless value of relative ratios. S = signal - intensity or power level (signal unit) The decibel level of a signal can be expressed as the decibel express the level of a value relative to a reference value.The decibel is a logarithmic unit used to describe the ratio of a signal level - like power or intensity - to a reference level.
