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    SPECIFICATION FOR AUDIOMETERS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  03-12-2018

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2010

    Publisher:  Acoustical Society of America

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    1 Scope, purpose, and applications
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Requirements for specific types of audiometers
    5 General requirements
    6 Signal sources
    7 Signal level controls
    8 Reference-signal facilities
    9 Transducers (specifications, RETSPLs and RETFLs)
    10 Device marking and instruction manual
    Annex A (normative) - Correction figures for free-field
            equivalent output for certain types of commonly
            used earphones
    Annex B (normative) - Recordings of speech test material
    Annex C (normative) - Calibration of circumaural earphones
            for extended high frequency testing
    Annex D (informative) - Procedures for transfer of reference
            equivalent threshold values
    Annex E (informative) - Audiogram format
    Annex F (informative) - Supra-aural cushions for earphones
    Annex G (informative) - Requirements for periodic calibration
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Considers specifications and tolerances for audiometers and standard reference threshold levels for audiometric transducers such as supra-aural, circumaural, and insert earphones; bone vibrators; and loudspeakers.

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    Committee S3
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Acoustical Society of America
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    A-A-53815 Base Document:1989
    ANSI/ASA S3.20 : 2015 American National Standard Bioacoustical Terminology
    ANSI S12 PT6 : 2016 METHODS FOR MEASURING THE REAL-EAR ATTENUATION OF HEARING PROTECTORS
    ANSI/ASA S3.55 PART 5:2014 Electroacoustics – Simulators of Human Head and Ear – Part 5: 2 cm3 Coupler for the Measurement of Hearing Aids and Earphones Coupled to the Ear by Means of Ear Inserts (a modified nationally adopted international standard)
    ANSI S3.2 : 2009 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE INTELLIGIBILITY OF SPEECH OVER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
    ANSI S3.5 : 1997 : R2012 METHODS FOR CALCULATION OF THE SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY INDEX
    ASTM F 2504 : 2005 Standard Practice for Describing System Output of Implantable Middle Ear Hearing Devices
    MIL-A-36495 Revision A:1975 AUDIOMETER, GENERAL DIAGNOSTIC
    MIL-A-37192 Base Document:1975 AUDIOMETER. AUTOMATIC
    ANSI S3.21 : 2004 METHODS FOR MANUAL PURE-TONE THRESHOLD AUDIOMETRY
    I.S. EN ISO 7029:2017 ACOUSTICS - STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF HEARING THRESHOLDS RELATED TO AGE AND GENDER (ISO 7029:2017)
    BS EN ISO 389-1:2000 Acoustics. Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for pure tones and supra-aural earphones
    ANSI S3.1 : 1999 : R2003 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS FOR AUDIOMETRIC TEST ROOMS
    17/30333265 DC : 0 BS EN ISO 389-1 - ACOUSTICS - REFERENCE ZERO FOR THE CALIBRATION OF AUDIOMETRIC EQUIPMENT - PART 1: REFERENCE EQUIVALENT THRESHOLD SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS FOR PURE TONES AND SUPRA-AURAL EARPHONES
    ANSI S3.21 : 2004 : R2009 METHODS FOR MANUAL PURE-TONE THRESHOLD AUDIOMETRY
    ANSI S3.5 : 1997 : R2017 METHODS FOR CALCULATION OF THE SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY INDEX
    ASTM E 1704 : 1995 : R2002 Standard Guide for Specifying Acoustical Performance of Sound-Isolating Enclosures
    EN ISO 389-1 : 2000 ACOUSTICS - REFERENCE ZERO FOR THE CALIBRATION OF AUDIOMETRIC EQUIPMENT - PART 1: REFERENCE EQUIVALENT THRESHOLD SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS FOR PURE TONES AND SUPRA-AURAL EARPHONES (ISO 389-1:2017)
    ANSI L1.1 : 1981 SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY,
    ANSI S3.1 : 1999 : R2013 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS FOR AUDIOMETRIC TEST ROOMS
    MIL-A-36247 Revision A:1970 AUDIOMETER, AUTOMATIC
    CSA Z107.4 : 1986 PURE TONE AIR CONDUCTION AUDIOMETERS FOR HEARING CONSERVATION AND FOR SCREENING
    ANSI S3.5 : 1997 : R2007 METHODS FOR CALCULATION OF THE SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY INDEX
    I.S. EN ISO 389-1:2018 ACOUSTICS - REFERENCE ZERO FOR THE CALIBRATION OF AUDIOMETRIC EQUIPMENT - PART 1: REFERENCE EQUIVALENT THRESHOLD SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS FOR PURE TONES AND SUPRA-AURAL EARPHONES (ISO 389-1:2017)
    ANSI/ASSE A10.46 : 2007 HEARING LOSS PREVENTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WORKERS
    ANSI S3.50 : 2013 METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF THE INTELLIGIBILITY OF TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEMS
    ASTM E 1704 : 1995 Standard Guide for Specifying Acoustical Performance of Sound-Isolating Enclosures
    ISO 7029:2017 Acoustics — Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender
    BS EN ISO 7029:2017 Acoustics. Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender
    UNE-EN ISO 7029:2017 Acoustics - Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender (ISO 7029:2017)
    EN ISO 7029:2017 Acoustics - Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender (ISO 7029:2017)
    ANSI S3.1 : 1999 : R2008 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS FOR AUDIOMETRIC TEST ROOMS
    MIL P 62071 : B POWER SUPPLY, HIGH VOLTAGE, SOLID STATE, 24 VOLTS, DIRECT CURRENT
    ASTM F 2504 : 2005 : R2014 Standard Practice for Describing System Output of Implantable Middle Ear Hearing Devices
    NFPA 1582 : 2018 COMPREHENSIVE OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAM FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS
    ASTM E 1704 : 1995 : R2018 Standard Guide for Specifying Acoustical Performance of Sound-Isolating Enclosures
    ANSI S3.39 : 1987 : R2007 SPECIFICATIONS FOR INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE AURAL ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE AND ADMITTANCE (AURAL ACOUSTIC IMMITTANCE)
    ANSI/ASA S3.7 : 2016 METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF EARPHONES
    ANSI/ASA S3.39 : 1987(R2012) SPECIFICATIONS FOR INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE AURAL ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE AND ADMITTANCE (AURAL ACOUSTIC IMMITTANCE)
    ANS 3.4 : 2013 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF PERSONNEL REQUIRING OPERATOR LICENSES FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
    ANSI S3.44 : 2016 DETERMINATION OF OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE AND ESTIMATION OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING IMPAIRMENT
    ASTM E 1704 : 1995 : R2010 Standard Guide for Specifying Acoustical Performance of Sound-Isolating Enclosures
    ISO 389-1:2017 Acoustics — Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment — Part 1: Reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for pure tones and supra-aural earphones

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    IEC 60318-4:2010 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 4: Occluded-ear simulator for the measurement of earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts
    ANSI/ASA S3.7 : 2016 METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF EARPHONES
    ANSI/ASA S1.1:2013 ACOUSTICAL TERMINOLOGY
    IEC 60318-6:2007 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 6: Mechanical coupler for the measurement on bone vibrators
    ISO 389-4:1994 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 4: Reference levels for narrow-band masking noise
    ISO 389-7:2005 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 7: Reference threshold of hearing under free-field and diffuse-field listening conditions
    IEC 60318-3:2014 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 3: Acoustic coupler for the calibration of supra-aural earphones used in audiometry
    ANSI S3.13 : 1987 MECHANICAL COUPLER FOR MEASUREMENT OF BONE VIBRATORS
    ANSI S1.4 : 1983 SPECIFICATION FOR SOUND LEVEL METERS
    IEC 61094-4:1995 Measurement microphones - Part 4: Specifications for working standard microphones
    IEC 60601-1:2005+AMD1:2012 CSV Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance
    ANSI/ASA S3.20 : 2015 American National Standard Bioacoustical Terminology
    IEC 60645-1:2017 Electroacoustics - Audiometric equipment - Part 1: Equipment for pure-tone and speech audiometry
    ISO 8253-3:2012 Acoustics Audiometric test methods Part 3: Speech audiometry
    ISO 389-9:2009 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 9: Preferred test conditions for the determination of reference hearing threshold levels
    ISO 389-8:2004 Acoustics — Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment — Part 8: Reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for pure tones and circumaural earphones
    ISO 389-5:2006 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 5: Reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for pure tones in the frequency range 8 kHz to 16 kHz
    IEC 60601-1-2:2014 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests
    IEC 60318-5:2006 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 5: 2 cm3 coupler for the measurement of hearing aids and earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts
    ISO 389-1:1998 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 1: Reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for pure tones and supra-aural earphones
    ISO 389-6:2007 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 6: Reference threshold of hearing for test signals of short duration
    ANSI/ASA S1.26 : 2014 METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF THE ABSORPTION OF SOUND BY THE ATMOSPHERE
    ISO 8253-1:2010 Acoustics Audiometric test methods Part 1: Pure-tone air and bone conduction audiometry
    ISO 389-5:2006(R2014) ACOUSTICS - REFERENCE ZERO FOR THE CALIBRATION OF AUDIOMETRIC EQUIPMENT - PART 5: REFERENCE EQUIVALENT THRESHOLD SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS FOR PURE TONES IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE 8 KHZ TO 16 KHZ
    ISO 389-2:1994 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 2: Reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for pure tones and insert earphones
    ISO 389-3:2016 Acoustics Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment Part 3: Reference equivalent threshold vibratory force levels for pure tones and bone vibrators
    IEC 60645-2:1993 Audiometers - Part 2: Equipment for speech audiometry
    IEC 60268-17:1990 Sound system equipment. Part 17: Standard volume indicators
    IEC 60318-1:2009 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 1: Ear simulator for the measurement of supra-aural and circumaural earphones
    ISO 8253-2:2009 Acoustics Audiometric test methods Part 2: Sound field audiometry with pure-tone and narrow-band test signals
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