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Whew...........
Oooh.. yall say 95/96.####db
I said 76 db for 50% loss... who is right?!?!!? :-|
Edit:
Oh damn...
I just recalculated my numbers...
it IS 96.9 dB!
Y'all win!!
I am NEVER using a computer calculator again!
Edit again: Just wanted to clarify, the math is right, I just was missing a zero when I did the log. Lame!
Woot, woot, who's da man. Too bad we didn't get to bet anything yet. :P
Lil Jon needs a "Deaf Coach"
Yeah, I was actually wondering about that.............
I think it depends on context to some extent, and to whom you're speaking. People who have never had occasion to study hearing might not have any idea what a 20 dB loss is, or an 80 dB loss. So I can understand in casual conversation someone might say "I have a moderate loss" or "I have a 50%" loss, or whatever, just to get the general point across.
But for people who know the subject, it's more accurate to use dB. Of course complicating things is that a lot of people have more of a high-frequency loss and a lesser degree of loss in the lower frequencies, so even saying a certain dB loss doesn't mean that's necessarily true across all frequencies.
Does it help that I was frustrated at some stupid software at work and was doing the calculations while waiting for the software to work?
Does that let me off? Just an itty bitty?
In that case I'm impressed you came on and did this for us!
BTW, still using 386's out there?
According to my mother, I have a 95% hearing loss.
naisho & Daredevel7 - I've followed your working outs (thanks) on my Excel spreadsheet but I get 50% of 100dB as 99.67dB. What am I doing wrong?
LOG(1E+100)=100dB
LOG(1E+100/2)=99.67dB