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Table B.4.

One-third octave band sound power levels for speech after normalisation so that the on-axis sound pressure level at 1 m from the mouth is 60 dBA.

One-third octave band (Hz) Sound power level (dB re 10−12 W)
Average of six male talkers Average of six female talkers Average of six male and six female talkers
63 40.8
80 55.0
100 62.7 44.9 59.8
125 63.2 56.7 61.0
160 60.9 60.5 60.7
200 60.1 63.5 62.2
250 63.0 62.6 62.8
315 62.6 62.0 62.3
400 64.1 63.8 64.0
500 64.1 63.6 63.9
630 62.9 62.7 62.8
800 59.3 61.4 60.5
1000 57.1 58.8 58.1
1250 55.9 56.2 56.0
1600 54.2 54.4 54.3
2000 50.7 51.2 51.0
2500 51.5 50.1 50.8
3150 50.1 49.8 50.0
4000 50.0 48.0 49.1
5000 50.0 47.8 49.0
6300 50.2 49.7 50.0
8000 50.1 52.2 51.3
10 000 47.7 51.5 50.0
12 500 43.4 46.1 45.0
16 000 37.2 39.3 38.4
20 000 30.6 33.1 32.1

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