freds_got_slacks

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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freds_got_slacks t1_iu66xcs wrote

just keep in mind there's two main types of arthritis; osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthitis. Osteo is basically just mechanical wear of the cartilage as where rheumatoid is an autoimmune disease that attacks the cartilage.

this article is specifically talking about rheumatoid arthritis

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