I just read that number yesterday ... and on this website, in fact.
It's considered to be 2 x 10-5 micropascals.
To convert from dB HL (Hearing Level) to dB SPL (Sound Pressure Level), you typically need the specific audiogram for the individual. Once you have the individual's threshold values at different frequencies, you can use them to make the conversion. Each audiometric frequency has a specific conversion factor to convert from dB HL to dB SPL. It is not a direct and consistent conversion across all frequencies.
Is there a problem? Reference sound pressure po = 20 µPa = 2×10^−5 Pa (Threshold of hearing). Reference sound pressure level Lpo = 0 dB-SPL (Threshold of hearing level). Get sound pressure p when entering sound pressure level Lp = 92 decibel (dB). Sound pressure p = po×10^(Lp/20) Pa (= N/m²) = 2×10^−5×10^(92/20) Pa = 0.796 Pa.
The absolute threshold of hearing is the lowest possible tone/decibel you could possibly hear. (This differs form person to person). The Differential Threshold is the point at which a person recognizes the decibel level has changed.Hope this answers your question, just learned this in psychology!
A standard threshold in hearing refers to the faintest sound that a person can detect at least 50% of the time across a range of frequencies. It is typically measured in decibels (dB) during a hearing test.
A close whisper is typically around 30-40 decibels, which is significantly louder than the threshold of hearing of about 0 decibels. This means a close whisper is roughly 1 billion times more intense than the threshold of hearing.
Listen to a tone and measure with a sound pressure level meter (SPL meter). Try to measure the sound pressure p in pascals or in decibels, referred to the threshold of hearing with 20 micropascals. When the tone is just not be heard that's the threshold of hearing.
The usual soundlevel can be between 0 dB SPL = 20 µPa (threshold of hearing) up to 130 dB SPL (threshold of pain). An average sound level could be at 85 dB SPL. Scroll down to related links and look at "Average sound pressure levels".
It depends on how loud it is. In hearing, the threshold of pain is the sound pressure or sound pressure level beyond which sound becomes unbearable for a human listener. This threshold varies only slightly with frequency. Different values for the threshold of pain are found in the literature: Here are some sound pressure levels SPL in dB and the sound pressure in pascals of the sensed possible threshold of pain: SPL 120 dB = 20 Pa SPL 130 dB = 63 Pa SPL 134 dB =100 Pa SPL 137.5 dB =150 Pa SPL 140 dB =200 Pa
130 dB is an SPL commonly considered to be the threshold of pain. Between 120 and 140. http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~jos/st/DB_SPL.html
At the threshold of hearing the sound intensity is 10-12 watts per square meter equivalent to 0 dB. Our eardrums are moved by sound pressure variations and so are microphone diaphragms. Forget the intensity! At the threshold of hearing the sound pressure is 2x10-5 pascals or 2x10-5 newtons per square meters, equal to 0 dBSPL.
To convert from dB HL (Hearing Level) to dB SPL (Sound Pressure Level), you typically need the specific audiogram for the individual. Once you have the individual's threshold values at different frequencies, you can use them to make the conversion. Each audiometric frequency has a specific conversion factor to convert from dB HL to dB SPL. It is not a direct and consistent conversion across all frequencies.
The human is is not sensitive to sound intensity (energy), but the human ear is sensitive to sound pressure or to sound pressure level (SPL). It is ranging from 20 micropascals to 150 pascals, that is a SPL of 0 dB (threshold of hearing) to 137.5 dB (threshold of pain). Scroll down to related links and look at "Table of Sound Levels and corresponding Sound Pressure".
The threshold of hearing is 0 dB. The threshold of pain = 137.5 dB.
There are several types of dB. dB SPL are decibels measuring sound pressure levels. There is an accepted reference point of 0 dB SPL which equals 20 micropascals = 2 × 10-5 pascals. dB SL are decibels measuring a signal relative to an individuals auditory threshold. For example, if a person's minimum threshold is 30 dB HL (yet another type of decibel measuring how much worse a person's hearing is based on a referential dB level) and a signal is at 40 dB HL, the sensation level of this signal to this individual is 10 db SL (40 dB - 30 dB = 10 dB SL).
Is there a problem? Reference sound pressure po = 20 µPa = 2×10^−5 Pa (Threshold of hearing). Reference sound pressure level Lpo = 0 dB-SPL (Threshold of hearing level). Get sound pressure p when entering sound pressure level Lp = 92 decibel (dB). Sound pressure p = po×10^(Lp/20) Pa (= N/m²) = 2×10^−5×10^(92/20) Pa = 0.796 Pa.
120Db
If you mean the sound pressure level that causes pain, it is about 120 dB SPL.