Table 62-1—Reference Duration

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dBA T (hours)
80 32.0
85 16.0
86 13.9
87 12.1
88 10.6
89 9.2
90 8.0
91 7.0
92 6.1
93 5.3
94 4.6
95 4.0
96 3.5
97 3.0
98 2.6
99 2.3
100 2.0
101 1.7
102 1.5
103 1.3
104 1.1
105 1.0
106 0.87
107 0.76
108 0.66
109 0.57
110 0.50
111 0.44
112 0.38
113 0.33
114 0.29
115 0.25

At no time shall any excursion exceed 115 dBA. For any value, the reference duration (T) in hours is computed by: T = 8/2(L−90)/5 where L is the measured A-weighted, slow-response sound pressure level.

Table 62-2—“Dose”TWA 8 Equivalent

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Dose TWA8
(percent)
25 80
29 81
33 82
38 83
44 84
50 85
57 86
66 87
76 88
87 89
100 90
115 91
132 92
152 93
174 94
200 95
230 96
264 97
303 98
350 99
400 100
460 101
530 102
610 103
700 104
800 105
920 106
1056 107
1213 108
1393 109
1600 110
1838 111
2111 112
2425 113
2786 114
3200 115

Interpolate between the values found in this Table, or extend the Table, by using the formula: TWA8 = 16.61 log10 (D/100) + 90.

Table 62-3—Age Correction Value in Decibels for Males (Selected Frequencies)

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Age (years) kHz
2 3 4
20 or less 3 4 5
21 3 4 5
22 3 4 5
23 3 4 6
24 3 5 6
25 3 5 7
26 4 5 7
27 4 6 7
28 4 6 8
29 4 6 8
30 4 6 9
31 4 7 9
32 5 7 10
33 5 7 10
34 5 8 11
35 5 8 11
36 5 9 12
37 6 9 12
38 6 9 13
39 6 10 14
40 6 10 14
41 6 10 14
42 7 11 16
43 7 12 16
44 7 12 17
45 7 13 18
46 8 13 19
47 8 14 19
48 8 14 20
49 9 15 21
50 9 16 22
51 9 16 23
52 10 17 24
53 10 18 25
54 10 18 26
55 11 19 27
56 11 20 28
57 11 21 29
58 12 22 31
59 12 22 32
60 or more 13 23 33

Table 62-4—Age Correction Value in Decibels for Females (Selected Frequencies)

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Age (years) kHz
2 3 4
20 or less 4 3 3
21 4 4 3
22 4 4 4
23 5 4 4
24 5 4 4
25 5 4 4
26 5 5 4
27 5 5 5
28 5 5 5
29 5 5 5
30 6 5 5
31 6 6 5
32 6 6 6
33 6 6 6
34 6 6 6
35 6 7 7
36 7 7 7
37 7 7 7
38 7 7 7
39 7 8 8
40 7 8 8
41 8 8 8
42 8 9 9
43 8 9 9
44 8 9 9
45 8 10 10
46 9 10 10
47 9 10 11
48 9 11 11
49 9 11 11
50 10 11 12
51 10 11 12
52 10 12 13
53 10 13 13
54 11 13 14
55 11 14 14
56 11 14 15
57 11 15 15
58 12 15 16
59 12 16 16
60 or more 12 16 17

[64 FR 49630, Sept. 13, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 66929, Nov. 8, 2000]


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