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~lynn~
post Oct 5 2009, 01:17 AM

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QUOTE(Awakened_Angel @ Oct 1 2009, 10:19 AM)
oohh....

is it possible for human ear to detect 0dB??

is tinnitus normal phenomenon or disease??
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Human's ears can detect sounds of a range of dB. If i not mistaken, the minimum is 20dB.
Dog's somewhat more sensitive, minimum is 15dB.

While it's not possible for human's ear to detect 0dB sounds, I think it can be amplified to make it audible.
After all, 0dB is sound equivalent to 1W.

P(dB) = 10 log P(Watt)


Added on October 5, 2009, 1:18 am
QUOTE(tgrrr @ Oct 1 2009, 03:02 PM)
I think TS meant the Sound Pressure. See here ->Examples of Sound Pressure Levels

dB always has a reference value, just often this reference level is implied and thus not stated.
In this case 0dB is the human auditory threshold in air.
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Ei was it?

my oh my... i've remembered wrongly then. Pardon me DX

This post has been edited by ~lynn~: Oct 5 2009, 01:18 AM
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post Oct 6 2009, 05:02 PM

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QUOTE(empire23 @ Oct 6 2009, 04:58 PM)
Noise, it's in all systems. What you describe is when a measuring device (ears in your case) has reached it so-called "noise-floor", a minimal point where the internal noise of a system has overtaken the external sense/input/stimuli levels.

Inherently all systems generate noise. Try closing your eyes when you sleep, sometimes you can "see" little color streaks, or if you hear a surprising sound you realize your vision flashes white even when your eyes weren't open. The reason we dream is theorized as the brain's inability to interpret a lack of stimuli, so the brain starts making assumptions due to a lack of input, and that can be called noise in a way too.

But hell, i'm an electrical engineer, not an neurological theory.
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HEY! That happened to me!
Oh.. So that is why it happens eh?

Thanks! Very enlightening smile.gif

 

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