Archery Ballistics Study | Deer Hearing Filter

This table contains the custom deer hearing filter based on Heffner, 2010 for each frequency in 1/3 octave bands from 500 Hz to 31500 Hz, used to normalize the sound pressure levels of the arrow flight to whitetail deer hearing.
500 Hz Weight (dB)
630 Hz Weight (dB)
800 Hz Weight (dB)
1000 Hz Weight (dB)
1250 Hz Weight (dB)
1600 Hz Weight (dB)
2000 Hz Weight (dB)
2500 Hz Weight (dB)
3150 Hz Weight (dB)
4000 Hz Weight (dB)
5000 Hz Weight (dB)
6300 Hz Weight (dB)
8000 Hz Weight (dB)
10000 Hz Weight (dB)
12500 Hz Weight (dB)
16000 Hz Weight (dB)
20000 Hz Weight (dB)
25000 Hz Weight (dB)
31500 Hz Weight (dB)
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