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Sound pressure level (SPL)

The SPL of a sound is equal to twenty times the logarithm (base 10) of the ratio of the root-mean-square sound pressure to the reference sound pressure. As a point of reference, 0 dBSPL equals the threshold of hearing, while 140 dB-SPL produces irreparable hearing damage.

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