60 feet
120Db
The threshold of hearing is 0 dB. The threshold of pain = 137.5 dB.
We can hear from 0 dB, that is the threshold of hearing up to 130 dB that is the threshold of pain.
Human hearing is typically between 20 Hz an 20,000 Hz
Sound waves with frequencies above the normal human range of hearing are called ultrasoundUltrasoundUltrasonic for frequencies higher than a human can hear, and infrasonic for those frequencies below the human threshold of hearing.
Sound waves with frequencies above the normal human range of hearing are called ultrasoundUltrasoundUltrasonic for frequencies higher than a human can hear, and infrasonic for those frequencies below the human threshold of hearing.
It varies from person to person. However - an accepted 'normal' hearing range is around 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. The same goes for pain threshold - anything over 120 dB would certainly be uncomfortable for most people.
Absolute threshold is the smallest level of energy required by an external stimulus to be detectable by the human senses, including vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch
The human auditory threshold (absolute threshold of hearing) is a sound pressure of 20 µPa (micropascals), at 1000 Hz, as determined by the RMS (root mean square) method*. It is, as close as can be determined, the quietest sound that human hearing can detect.* This is an average, so by definition, at least some of the subjects probably were able to hear slightly quieter sounds. See related link for calculations
Reference sound intensity Io = 10^−12 W/m² (Threshold of human hearing). Reference sound intensity level LIo = 0 dB-SIL (Threshold of human hearing intensity level). Sound intensity is a sound energy quantity. Our eardrums are moved by sound pressure variations. That is a sound field quantity. Reference sound pressure po = 20 µPa = 2×10^−5 Pa (Threshold of human hearing). Reference sound pressure level Lpo = 0 dB-SPL (Threshold of human sound pressure hearing level).
how does bats hearing compare to human hearing
Ultrasound is below the threshold of human hearing. Howler monkeys use ultrasound because it travels much further than higher frequencies.