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Table B.1.

One-third octave band sound pressure levels for speech on-axis at 1 m from the mouth when normalised to 60 dBA.

One-third octave band (Hz) Sound pressure level (dB re 2 × 10−5 Pa)
Average of six male talkers Average of six female talkers Average of six male and six female talkers
63 33.3
80 44.8
100 52.9 35.1 49.9
125 54.6 48.3 52.5
160 52.4 51.2 51.8
200 51.6 54.4 53.2
250 55.0 54.5 54.8
315 53.1 51.9 52.5
400 53.7 53.9 53.8
500 54.4 52.6 53.6
630 53.4 52.9 53.1
800 49.3 52.2 51.0
1000 48.4 48.6 48.5
1250 50.3 50.2 50.2
1600 47.1 48.2 47.7
2000 42.4 42.9 42.7
2500 44.1 43.0 43.6
3150 44.1 43.1 43.6
4000 44.8 42.1 43.6
5000 43.0 40.8 42.0
6300 43.8 43.5 43.7
8000 44.1 46.2 45.2
10 000 41.8 44.9 43.6
12 500 37.4 40.0 38.9
16 000 31.0 34.3 32.9
20 000 25.6 28.0 27.0

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