Abstract
By the most comfortable listening level for a pure tone is meant the level which the listener chooses as most comfortable for listening when he listens to a pure tone of which he can change the level at will. Ranges and mean values of most comfortable listening levels are given for pure tones in the range 128 to 8192 c.p.s. (at octave intervals) for listeners with normal hearing and listeners previously exposed to gunfire and airplane noise, with resultant marked hearing loss in some cases. Tentative most comfortable listening level contours are suggested. The use of a most comfortable level contour for specification of a hearing aid amplifier is discussed and an example given of the effectiveness of such an amplifier as compared to one specified by a most comfortable loudness level contour.
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