Appendix B
Sound Examiner SE-400 Series
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Figure B-3:
Fast response to a tone burst
SPL/L
AS
Sound pressure level. A ratio of one sound pressure to a reference pressure. Because of the enormous dynamic
range of the human ear, the ratio is calculated logarithmically by the formula below, where L
r
is the reference
pressure.
Threshold
An SPL value that defines a lower level of acceptable values. Only SPL samples that exceed the threshold are used
in some calculations.
Upper Limit (UL)
The total time during a study that the SPL exceeds the Upper Limit meter setting.
S PL
2 0
l o g
L
L
r
-----
d B
=
R
el
at
ive r
esp
o
n
se
(
d
B
)
Burst duration, t (milliseconds)