meandB {seewave}

Mean of dB values

Description

This function calculates the mean of dB values

Usage

meandB(x, level="IL")

Arguments

x

a numeric vector or a numeric matrix.

level

intensity level ("IL") or sound pressure level ("SPL")

Details

The mean of dB values is not linear. See examples.

Value

A numeric vector of length 1 is returned.

Author(s)

Jerome Sueur and Zev Ross

References

Hartmann, W. M. 1998 Signals, sound and sensation. New York: Springer.

See Also

sddB, moredB, convSPL, dBweight

Examples

meandB(c(89,90,95))