The audible pressure range spans six orders of magnitude from threshold to pain.

Evidence

Humans respond to sounds ranging over a sound pressure range of about 1 million to 1. When interpreted as sound intensity (energy flow per unit area) it is an even more impressive 1 trillion to 1. This enormous range extends from sounds that are just audible at middle frequencies to those that generate discomfort or pain at the higher limit. Because such large numbers are impractical to work with, a logarithmic scale of sound pressure level is used to describe measured and audible acoustic events. The units are decibels (dB). — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 886 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hearing spans a pressure range greater than a million to one — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 886

Related

• Hearing spans a pressure range greater than a million to one (similarity 0.91)
• Audible pressure range spans over a million to one, forcing a logarithmic scale (similarity 0.91)
• Human hearing spans a 6.4-million-fold pressure range from faintest to painful (similarity 0.90)
• Human hearing spans a ratio of millions between faintest and painful sound (similarity 0.89)
• Human hearing spans seven orders of magnitude in sound pressure (similarity 0.88)
• Human hearing detects pressure changes of a few parts per billion (similarity 0.87)
• Human hearing spans sound pressures from 10-5 to 102 Pa (similarity 0.87)
• Human hearing spans over one billion in power from softest to painful. (similarity 0.86)
• Real audible sound pressures span a range of one million to one in amplitude (similarity 0.86)
• Sound audibility depends on both its level and its frequency (similarity 0.84)
• Sound pressure is tiny pressure deviation, and human hearing spans a specific Pa range (similarity 0.84)
• Human hearing spans 150 dB and three decades of frequency (similarity 0.84)
• Sound intensity level and sound pressure level are roughly equivalent (similarity 0.84)
• Hearing sensations correlate with stimulus magnitudes but only within the audible range (similarity 0.82)
• Loudness depends on more than physical sound intensity alone (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Hearing spans a pressure range greater than a million to one #corroborates (0.95) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 886