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freds_got_slacks t1_j9bdpqg wrote

https://asa.scitation.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/aip/journals/content/jel/2023/jel.2023.3.issue-2/10.0016878/20230211/images/large/10.0016878.figures.online.f4.jpeg

In this figure from that paper, while the flat peak is 120 dB centred around 20 Hz, with an A-weighting this only translates to about peak 95 dBA around 200 to 1000 Hz.

Measurements for occupational safety are done with A weighting, but would there be any safety concern with an unweighted 127 dB SPL at 20 Hz? or is A weighting still sufficient ?

Edit: higher res figure

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