If one attempts to figure out what the subjective, perceived numerical volume vs. actual dB SPL is for a large group of people, it roughly coincides with the dB SPL number.
Bit more detail: you play a 100dB SPL tone and tell the participant "this is a 100" and play a 0dB SPL tone and tell the participant "this is a 0" and play all kinds of other tones at various frequencies and sound pressures, you get that curve. The unit for this arbitrary scale is called phon.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher%E2%80%93Munson_curves
If one attempts to figure out what the subjective, perceived numerical volume vs. actual dB SPL is for a large group of people, it roughly coincides with the dB SPL number.
Bit more detail: you play a 100dB SPL tone and tell the participant "this is a 100" and play a 0dB SPL tone and tell the participant "this is a 0" and play all kinds of other tones at various frequencies and sound pressures, you get that curve. The unit for this arbitrary scale is called phon.
I am aware :-)
See ISO 226:2003
Oh yeah, just putting it out there in case people wanted to know.