SPHR 4/588 - Advanced Audiology
dB HL Tutorial

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To this point in this section we have been viewing thresholds plotted in dB SPL. The graph shown here is obviously an audiogram and is also used for potting pure tone thresholds. Note that the vertical scale is still dB but is now defined as dB HL instead of dB SPL. Note also that the graph has been inverted compared to the previous graph. The lower dB values are plotted towards the top.