Uncomfortable Loudness Level
Uncomfortable Loudness Level is a psychophysical auditory threshold, defined as the minimum sound pressure level at which a pure tone of a specified frequency becomes uncomfortably loud to a listener, distinguishing it from other audibility thresholds by its focus on auditory discomfort rather than detection or recognition.
62
Publications
2.5K
Citations
158
Authors
67
Institutions
Publications per year
2017–2026
11
Variants
LdlLoudness Discomfort LevelUcl
62
Hypersensitivity to sound: Questionnaire data, audiometry and classification
Mart Anari, Alf Axelsson, Anette Eliasson et al. · Scandinavian Audiology · 1999 · 267 citations
Medicine, Audiology, Otolaryngology +17
Auditory Nerve: Electrical Stimulation in Man
F. Blair Simmons, John M. Epley, Robert C. Lummis et al. · Science · 1965 · 188 citations
1–5 of 62
158
6
h-index
4
h-index
4
h-index
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, United Kingdom
3 publications · 56 citations
3
h-index
3
h-index
1–5 of 158
67
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
6 h-index
6 publications
286 citations

Royal Surrey County Hospital
Guildford, United Kingdom
5 h-index
5 publications
249 citations

Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
3 h-index
8 publications
322 citations

University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
3 h-index
8 publications
481 citations

Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
3 h-index
6 publications
242 citations
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
157 citations
Medical Research Council
London, United Kingdom
2 h-index
4 publications
59 citations
Google (United States)
Mountain View, United States
2 h-index
4 publications
294 citations
1–8 of 67
9 publications · 278 citations
9
h-index
6 publications · 387 citations
6
h-index
Repository · 6 publications · 121 citations
6
h-index
3 publications · 46 citations
3
h-index
AJA · 3 publications · 104 citations
3
h-index
1–5