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ANSI S3.6 : 2010

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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SPECIFICATION FOR AUDIOMETERS

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PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2010

Superseded date

03-12-2018

Superseded by

ANSI/ASA S3.6:2018

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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
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Superseded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

A-A-53815 Base Document:1989 Audiometer (No S/S Document)
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 (No S/S Document)
MIL-A-37192 Base Document:1975 Audiometer, Automatic (No S/S Document)
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 389-1:1998)
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 (No S/S Document)
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
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
UNE-EN ISO 7029:2017 Acoustics - Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender (ISO 7029:2017)

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 cm<sup>3</sup> 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 389-2:1994 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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