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ANSI S3.6 : 2010

Superseded
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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Superseded date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

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
Bibliography

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.

Committee
S3
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
68
PublisherName
Acoustical Society of America
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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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
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IEC 60318-5:2006 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 5: 2 cm<sup>3</sup> coupler for the measurement of hearing aids and earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts
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