The higher the sones the louder the sound. For example bathroom ceiling fans usually are within 1 to 5 sones. I would say somewhere in between would suffice. Another example of how loud sones are is your refrigerator they usually range between 1 to 2 sones.
Allan Sones's birth name is Allan Thomas Sones.
Jackhammers are usually 115 decibals, which is loud enough to give you hearing damage.
You can convert the loudness in sones to the loudness level in phons. 4 sones equals 60 phons. Scroll down to related links and read "Correlation between sones und phons".
F. Mason Sones was born in 1918.
F. Mason Sones died in 1985.
You can convert the loudness in sones to the loudness level in phons. To convert the sound pressure level in dB or dBA to loudness in sones is not possible. Scroll down to related links and read "Correlation between sones und phons".
Sonya Sones was born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States.
50 phons (decibels) is equivalent to 2 sones.
90 decibel is 32 sones.
You can convert the loudness in sones to the loudness level in phons. 8.5 sones equals 70.9 phons. The convertion from sone to dB is only a guess. Scroll down to related links and read "Correlation between sones und phons".
Scroll down to related links and use the nice calculator "Correlation between sones und phons - Loudness level LN in phons to loudness N in sones and Loudness N in sones to Loudness level LN in phons"