OC194-16
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
APPROXIMATE
THRESHOLD OF
HEARING FOR
CONTINUOUS
NOISE
NC-60
NC-50
NC-40
NC-30
NC-20
NC-70
OCTAVE BAND SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL, dB re 0.002 MICRO BAR
BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES, Hz
PL24FK21Hi
NOTCH
Lo
47
SPL(dB)
39
LINE
8. NOISE CRITERION CURVES
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
APPROXIMATE
THRESHOLD OF
HEARING FOR
CONTINUOUS
NOISE
NC-60
NC-50
NC-40
NC-30
NC-20
NC-70
OCTAVE BAND SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL, dB re 0.002 MICRO BAR
BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES, Hz
PL42FK21Hi
NOTCH
Lo
49
SPL(dB)
42
LINE
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
APPROXIMATE
THRESHOLD OF
HEARING FOR
CONTINUOUS
NOISE
NC-60
NC-50
NC-40
NC-30
NC-20
NC-70
OCTAVE BAND SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL, dB re 0.002 MICRO BAR
BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES, Hz
PL30FK21
PL36FK31Hi
NOTCH
Lo
49
SPL(dB)
41
LINE

UNIT

5ft

MICROPHONE

CEILING

Ambient temperature 80˚F

Test conditions are based on JIS Z8731