How does the sound decrease with distance? sound pressure ...
In a direct field or free field, the sound level (SPL) of a spherical wave decreases with doubling of the distance by (−)6 dB. The sound pressure decreases in inverse proportion to the distance, that is, with 1/r from the measuring point to the sound source, so that doubling of the distance decreases the sound pressure to a half (!) of its initial value not a quarter.