| There are three major factors to consist the sound: sound loudness, sound sharpness and sound quality. Generally, A normal human ear can perceive a sound frequency from the range of 20 Hz to 20 KHz.
However, our ears respond better at mid range frequencies and also, they have higher sensitivity on certain frequencies than others. This explains why a given sound pressure level seems "louder" at 5000 Hz than the same sound pressure level at 50 Hz. In order to provide a balancing effect due to this phenomena, an A - Weighting curve is employed, so that the measured sound pressure level is adjusted to a way similar to how we hear.
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