EN ISO 8253-2:2009

Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - Part 2: Sound field audiometry with pure-tone and narrow-band test signals (ISO 8253-2:2009) EN ISO 8253-2:2009

Publication date:   Feb 28, 2010

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60.60 Standard published   Dec 15, 2009

CEN

CEN/TC 211 Acoustics

European Norm

13.140   Noise with respect to human beings

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ISO 8253-2:2009 specifies relevant test signal characteristics, requirements for free, diffuse, and quasi‑free sound fields, and procedures for sound field audiometry using pure tones, frequency-modulated tones or other narrow-band test signals presented by means of one or more loudspeakers. The primary purpose is the determination of hearing threshold levels in the frequency range 125 Hz to 8 000 Hz, but this range can be extended to 20 Hz to 16 000 Hz.
ISO 8253-2:2009 does not include specifications for the use of hand-held loudspeakers. Speech as a test signal is not covered.
The purpose of ISO 8253-2:2009 is to ensure that tests of hearing, using sound field audiometry, give as high a degree of accuracy and reproducibility as possible.
Examples of graphical representations of the results are given.

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EN ISO 8253-2:1998

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PUBLISHED
EN ISO 8253-2:2009
60.60 Standard published
Dec 15, 2009