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Manraj singh
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I am learning sound. My teachers and textbook say loudness of sound is a subjective quantity, it is different for every person, while intensity is the objective quantity. The first section says intensity is a measurable quantity, WHILE LOUDNESS IS JUST A SENSATION. On the very next page they have given the units of loudness of sound, decibel and phon. Don't the two contradict each other? If loudness of sound is just a sensation, how does it have units to measure it? This has completely boggled my mind. Please help