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BS 6655:1986

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Specification for pure tone air conduction threshold audiometry for hearing conservation purposes
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-01-2011

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-1986

National foreword
Committees responsible
Method
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Field of application
3 References
4 Definitions
5 Audiometers
6 Conditions for audiometric test rooms
7 Preparation and instruction of subjects before
   audiometric testing
8 Conduct of audiometric test and determination of
   hearing threshold levels from an audiometric
   recording
9 Audiogram
Annex
   Reproducibility of audiometric measurements
Tables
1 Values of k and typical values of Lmax in 1/3-octave
   bands, when the lowest hearing threshold level to be
   measured is 0 dB
2 Values of k and typical values of Lmax in octave
   bands, when the lowest hearing threshold level to be
   measured is 0 dB
3 Values of k and typical values of Lmax in octave
   bands, above which hearing threshold level
   measurements shall not be carried out when the lowest
   hearing threshold level to be measured is 0 dB
4 Standard deviation of replication of hearing
   threshold level measurements
Bibliography

Procedures and requirements for audiometry, without masking, using either an automatic recording fixed frequency audiometer or a manual one. Bracketing and ascending procedures are given for the latter.

Committee
EH/1
DevelopmentNote
Also numbered as EN 26189 and ISO 6189 Supersedes 82/53118 DC (09/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

BS 5108:1983 Method for measurement of sound attenuation of hearing protectors
BS 4668:1971 Specification for an acoustic coupler (IEC reference type) for calibration of earphones used in audiometry
BS 2497(1992) : AMD 9442 SPECIFICATION FOR STANDARD REFERENCE ZERO FOR THE CALIBRATION OF PURE TONE AIR CONDUCTION AUDIOMETERS
BS 5966:1980 Specification for audiometers
BS 4669:1971 Specification for an artificial ear of the wide band type for the calibration of earphones used in audiometry

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