Human hearing spans sound pressures from 10-5 to 102 Pa

Evidence

In psychoacoustics, values of the sound pressure between 10-5 Pa (absolute threshold) and 102 Pa (threshold of pain) are relevant. In order to cope with such a broad range of sound pressures, the sound pressure level, L, is normally used. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 61

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines absolute threshold, threshold of pain, and sound pressure level as the standard dB scale used throughout psychoacoustics.
• XREF: connects to: Human hearing spans a ratio of millions between faintest and painful sound — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 604