Threshold of pain

With pain threshold, and pain perception threshold or threshold of pain is referred to in acoustics and in medicine, the lowest intensity of a stimulus that is perceived by the subjects as painful. Even " sensing threshold" occurs.

Acoustic pain threshold

The acoustic pain threshold of humans is not generally valid set out clearly on the one hand is a load of subjects to breaking point very uncomfortable and can cause irreparable hearing loss and on the other the sensation of pain is individual. In the literature are reported as pain threshold sound pressure level values ​​between 120 dB and 140 dB or sound pressures between 20 Pa and 200 Pa.

The pain threshold depends on the threshold of hearing is less than the frequency and limiting the listening area upward. Below the threshold of pain, there is the discomfort.

Thermal pain threshold

The pain thresholds of nociceptors of the skin are around 44 ° C in heating and -17 ° C in the cold area.

Others

In the BDSM area the phenomenon of algolagnia is known in which a tactile stimulus is no longer perceived as painful, but as a relish in certain situations. Here, too, spoke of a " pain threshold ".