Real audible sound pressures span a range of one million to one in amplitude
Evidence
The sound pressure for real sound sources can vary from less than 20 micropascals (20 Pa or 20 106 Pa) to greater than 20 pascals (20 Pa). — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 180
Categorization
- CANDY: A fun elevator fact: the quietest thing you can hear and the loudest thing you can stand differ by a ratio of a million to one.
- XREF: connects to: Human hearing spans a ratio of millions between faintest and painful sound — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 604