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Masking Examples

Do you need to mask for SDS? Is the difference between ears  40 dB ?

Yes—Right = 50 No—Left = 10

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Masking Examples

Right SDS How much masking? EM = PL – IA+EM EM = 90 – 40 +15 EM = 65 dB

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