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The relationship between the level of a 1-kHz sinusoid (loudness level in phons) and calculated loudness in sones, assuming binaural presentation in a free field with frontal incidence, as predicted by the 1997 model.
Note. The dashed part of the curve shows predictions for a slightly modified version of the model used in an ANSI standard (ANSI, 2007).
