IS0 c olab or ates c lo ely with the Inter natio al Elec tr otec hnic al Commis io IEC o al ma tter s of elec tr otec hnic al standa r diza tio... Intr oduc tion Ea ch p ar t of inter n
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F irst e itio
19 4-0 -l 5
A co s tiq e
au iombriq es -
Pa rtie 2: Niv ea ux de rkfkren e Eq iv a lents de pres io ac u tiq e
lmina ire po r les & outeurs ~4 s n purs et B in ertio
Refere ce numb r
IS0 3 8 :19 4(E)
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IS0 (he Inter natio al O r ganiza tio for S ta ndar diza tio ) is a worldwide
feder atio of na tio al sta nda rd bo ies (IS 0 memb r bo ies) T he work
of pr eparin Inter natio al Sta nda rd is n rma lly c ar r ied o t thr ou h IS0
tec hnic al c ommite s Eac memb r bo y inter ested in a s bjec t for
whic h a tec hnic al c mmite ha s b en establ s ed ha s the r i ht to b
r epr esented o that c ommite Inter natio al or ganiza tio s, g v ernmenta l
a nd n n-g v ernmenta l, in lais n with ISO , als take p ar t in the wor k IS0
c olab or ates c lo ely with the Inter natio al Elec tr otec hnic al Commis io
(IEC ) o al ma tter s of elec tr otec hnic al standa r diza tio
Dr aft Inter natio al Sta nda rd a dopted by the tec hnic al c ommite s a r e
c ir c ulated to the memb r bo ies for votin Publc a tio a s an Inter natio al
Sta nda rd r eq ir es a ppr ov a l by at least 7 % of the memb r bo ies c astin
a vote
Inter natio al Sta nda rd IS0 389-2 was pre a red by Tec hnic a l Commite
lSO /T C 43, Ac ou tic s
IS0 389 c on ists of the folowin p ar ts, u der the genera l title Ac ou tic s
- Referen e zer o for the c alib r atio of a udiometr i eq ipment:
- Par t I Referenc e eq ivalent thr es old s u d pres ure levels for
pure to es a nd s pr a -aur a l ea rph nes
- Part 2: Referenc e eq ivalent thr es old s u d pres ure levels for
pure to es a nd in er t ea rph nes
- Pa r t 3: Referenc e eq iva lent thr es old for c e levels for pure to es
a nd bo e vib r ator s
- Pa r t 4: Referenc e levels for na rrow-ba nd ma skin n ise
- Pa rr 5: Referenc e eq ivalent thr es old s u d pres ure levels for
pure to es in the freq enc y ra nge 8 kHz to 7 kHz
- Part 6: Referenc e eq iva lent thr es old s u d pres ure levels for
ac ou tic test sig als of s or t d r atio
- Par t 7: Referenc e thres old of hea rin u der fr ee-ield a nd difu e-
field lstenin c on itio s
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Al rights reserv ed Unles oth rwise sp c ifie , n pa rt of this pub lic a tio may b re ro u e
or uti ze in a y form or by a ny mea ns, electro ic or mecha nica l, inc luding p otoco ying a d
mic rofim, with ut p rmis io in wr iting from th p ublsh r
Interna tio a l O rga niza tio for Sta nda rdiza tio
Case Posta le 5 l CH-121 Ge e e 2 l Switzerla nd
Printe in Switzerla nd
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Trang 3Pa r t 1 wi b a r e-is ue of IS0 389:19 1.
An exes A an B of this p ar t of IS0 389 a re for infor ma tio o ly
Trang 4Intr oduc tion
Ea ch p ar t of inter natio al Sta nda rd IS0 389 sp ec ifies a sp ec ific refer enc e
zero for the c alib r atio of a udiometr i eq ipment IS0 389:19 1 (o b
r e-is ued a s IS0 389-l) c onta in v a lues of referenc e eq iv alent thr es old
s u d pres ure levels (RET SPL) for pure to es a nd two sp ec ified p a tter ns
of s p ra-a ural ea rph nes u ed in c onju c tio with a n a c ou tic c oup ler
c onfor min to IEC 3 3, a nd for other s pr a-aur al ea rph nes of sp ec ified
p a tter ns in c onju c tio with a n artific ial ea r c onformin to IEC 318
IS0 389-4 sp ec ifies r efer enc e levels for na rrow-ba nd ma skin n ise b sed
In s me a udiolo ic al ap p lic a tio s it ma y, h wev er, b desir able to u e in-
ser t ea rph nes to delver either the test sig al or the ma skin n ise, e.g
to red ce the oc c lu io efec t or inter aur al efec ts RET SPL da ta for these
kin s of ea rph ne a r e sp ec ified in this p ar t of IS0 389 It is ba sed o a n
a sses ment of tec hnic al da ta prov ided by lab or ato es in difer ent c u -
tr ies re r esentin the mo t r elab le da ta availa b le at the time
It is rec og ized that small difer enc es may oc c ur b twe n r es lts of
hea r in thr es old level me s rements obta ined by audiometric eq ipment
u in difer ent patter ns of ea rph ne, i.e s pr a -aur a l or in er t ea rph nes
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This p ar t of IS0 389 sp ec ifies r efer enc e eq iv alent
thr es old s u d pres ur e levels (RET SPL) for the
c alib r atio of pure- o e a udiometers s p lementa ry
to th se sp ec ified in IS0 389:19 1 l) Va lues giv en in
this p ar t of IS0 389 a r e ap plc able to in er t ea rph nes
of a p a tter n sp c ified in c la use 4
F or infor matio , a n te o the der ivatio of the
r efer enc e v alues an the o gin of the da ta inp ut is giv en in
a nnex A, a nd a b i iogra p hy is giv en in a nnex B
T he folowin sta nda r ds c ontain pr ovisio s whic h,
thr ou h referenc e in this tex t, c on titute p r ovisio s
of this p ar t of IS0 389 At the time of p ub lic atio , the
editio s in ic ated were valid Al sta nda rd a r e s b jec t
to r evisio , an p ar ties to a gre ments ba sed o this
p ar t of IS0 389 a r e en o ra ged to investigate the
p os ib ilty of a pp ly in the mo t r ec ent editio s of the
sta nda rd in ic a ted b low Memb rs of IEC a nd IS0
ma inta in r egister s of c ur r ently valid Inter natio al
Sta nda rd
IS0 389:19 1, Ac ou tic s - Sta nda rd referenc e zer o
for the c alib r atio of p ure- o e air c on uc tio
audi0meter s.l
;EC 126:1973, /EC r efer enc e c oupler for the
led to the ea r by me n of ea r in er ts
IEC 71 :1981, O c c lu ed-ea r simulator for the
me s rement of ea rph nes c upled to the ea r by ea r
in er ts
3 Definitio s
F or the purpo es of this p ar t of IS0 389, the defi-
nitio s given in IS0 389:19 1 to ether with the fol-
lowin definitio s app ly
3.1 ea r in er t: Dev ic e u ed to pr ov ide the ac ou tic
c oup lin b twe n a n ea rph ne an the ea r c anal
NOT 2 This may b , for exa mple, a n ea rmould or a
simiar d v ice with or with ut a co n cting tub
3.2 in er t ea rph ne: Sma ll ea rph ne c upled to the
ea r c a na l by me n of a n ea r in er t, or a ttac hed to a
c on ec tin element whic is in er ted into the ea r c a-
nal T he ea r in er t may b a p ar t of the in er t
ea rph ne
3.3 ea r simulator : Dev ice for mea surin the o tp ut
loa din c on itio s in a sp ec ified freq enc y range It
c on ists es entially of a p r inc ip al c avity , a c ou tic loa d
networ ks an a c alib r ated mic roph ne T he loc atio
ma tely to the s u d pr es ur e ex istin at the h man
ea rdr um
1) To b reis ue a s IS0 3 8-l
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Trang 63.4 oc c lu ed-ea r simulator : Ea r simula tor whic
simula tes the in er p ar t of the ea r c a nal, from the tip
of an ea r in er t to the ea rdrum
NOT 3 A n oc c lu ed-ea r simula tor is sp ec ified in
IEC 71
3.5 ear -in er t simulator (ea rmo ld s b stitute,
ea rmo ld simulator ): In er t whic h ter mina tes the en-
tr a nc e of the ea r simula tor an pr ov ides for pa ssa ge
of s u d into the ac ou tic c oupler or the oc c lu ed-ea r
simula tor thro g a n op nin o its ax is
3.6 ac ou tic c oupler for in er t ea rph nes: C a vity
of sp ec ified s a pe a nd v olume whic h is u ed for the
c alib r atio of an in er t ea rph ne in c onju c tio with
a c alib r ated microph ne to mea sure the s u d pr es -
ure within the c avity
NOT 4 A n a c ou tic c oup ler for in er t ea rph nes is
sp ec ified in IEC 126
This p ar t of IS0 389 app lies to in er t ea rph nes of
ty pe Ety motic Resea rc h ER3A, c upled to the h man
ea r by ea r in er ts of ty pe ER-3-14
NOT 5 In er t ea rph nes of ty pe EA RTONE 3A a re in al
r elevant a sp c ts identic alto ER-3A in er t ea rph nes Ea r
in er ts of ty p e ER-3-14 a r e als ofer ed a s EARLINK 3A ea r
in er ts
T he ea r in er t c on ists of a foam ear tip with a n mina l
dia meter of 13 mm an a n mina l len th of 12 mm
It c ontain a n inter nal p lastic tub with a n mina l
inter nal dia meter of 1,9 mm a nd a n mina l efec tive
the foa m ear tip a nd the en of a s u d tub nip p le
(n mina l inter nal dia meter 1,9 mm, n mina l len th
1 mm) T he nipp le c n ec ts the ea r in er t to the in-
ser t ea rph ne o tput via a s u d tub with a n mina l
inter nal dia meter of 2 mm an a n mina l efec tive
the nipp le a nd the en of the ea rph ne o tput (se
fig r e 1)
T he ea r in er t s all b in er ted into the ea r c ana l s
that the o ter en of the ear tip is 2 mm to 3 mm in-
side the entra nc e of the ea r c anal
5 Sp cific a tio s
T he r efer enc e eq iva lent thr es old s u d pres ure
levels (RET SPL ) for ea rph nes a s sp ec ified in
c la use 4 , in an ac ou tic c oup ler c onfor min to
IEC 126 an in a n oc c lu ed-ea r simula tor c onfor min
to IEC 71 , a r e giv en in tab le 1
T hese v a lues a p ply when the s u d tub nip ple of the
in er t ea rph ne is fix ed flu h to the a c ou tic c oupler
a nd to the oc c lu ed-ea r simula tor in a cc orda nc e with
fig r e 2 of IEC 126:1973 or IEC 71 :1981, r esp ec t-
ively , by me n of p lastic tub in T he total efec tive
len th of the c on ec tin elements b twe n the in er t
ea rph ne o tput a nd the ea r in er t simulator is then
NOT 6 In the ca se of a udiometers fite d with in er t
ea rph nes other tha n that desc rib d in c la use 4 , the p r o-
c ed re given in A.2.2 of IS0 369:19 1s o ld b u ed to
determine c r respo din RET SPL v alues
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So n tub e
ER-3A iner t e arp ho ne
0 1.9
-
So n tube nip p le
Foam eartip
ER -3-16 ear in er t
F ig re 1 -
A n ER-3-14 ea r in er t a nd its c oupln to an ER3A in er t ea rph ne
3
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F ig r e 2 - Co pln of the in er t ea rph ne to the ac ou tic c oup ler or to the oc c lu ed-ea r simulator
ER-3A in er t earp ho e
,
So n tub e
a) Ac u tic c oup ler
Oc c lu e -ear slmulator -
b) Oc c lu e -ear simulator
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- Referenc e eq iv alent thr es old s u d
pres ure levels in a n ac ou tic c oupler c nformin
to IEC 126 a nd in a n oc c lu ed-ea r simulator
F rrque c
Hz
2 0 )
18,0
4 0 )
3
5 0
5,5
6 0
4,o
7 0
2 0
8 0 1
18
10 0
a 0
1 2 0
zo
1 5 0
2.0
16 0 ’
2 0
2 0 0
3.0
3 0
3,5
3 15 2)
4.0
4 0 0
5
5 0
5,O
6 0 0
2.0
6 3 0
zo
8 0 0
a 0
1) Va lues a re roun e to n a rest ha lfd c ib l
RET SPL (ref 2 pPa 1 l)
dB
Acou tic coup ler
(IEC 12 1
O cclud d-ea r
simula tor
(IEC 71 I)
2 ,0
2 ,5
21.5
17,5
15,5
13.0
9.5
7# 5
6
5,5
5
8
9.5
9.5
1 ,5
13.5
13.0
13.0
15,0
18,5
16,0
16,0
15,5
2) V a lues for th se fre ue cies a re d riv ed by inter p ola tio
1
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T he RET SPL v a lues sp ec ified in this p ar t of IS0 389 were obta ined from the r es lts of thr ee in e en ent ex per -
imenta l investigatio s c mmu ica ted to lSO /T C 43, Ac ou tic s B r ief p ar tic ular s of the tests a re given in tab leA.l
More details o me s rement meth d an test s bjec ts a re giv en in the r eferenc es q oted in an ex B
T he in er t ea rph ne thr es old da ta u ed in the dev elopment of this p ar t of IS0 389 were n t c or r ec ted for devi-
atio s of the test s b jec t’s hea r in thr es old levels from 0 dB, a s mea sured with the r efer enc e ea rph ne
T he RET SPL da ta were deriv ed by a v era gin the da ta of the thr ee investigatio s with ut weig tin for difer ent
n mb rs of s b jec ts
T a ble A.1
- Investigatio s of RET SPL va lues
T est da ta
T yp of test ea rph ne
T yp of r efer enc e ea rph ne
Investigatio s
R ef [3]
ERSA in er t ea rph ne c onformin to c la use 4
Hea rin thr es old tec hniq e
R eferenc e ea rph ne u ed to ver ify n rma l hea rin of test s b jec ts
DT 4
Fr eq enc ies tested,in her tz 250, 50 , 1 0 0, 2 0 0,
125,250, 50 , 10 0, 2 0 0, 125,250, 315,50 ,63 ,
2 0 0,2 50 ,3 0 0,4 0 0,
5 0 0,6 0 0,6 3 0,8 0 0
Hea rin thr es old levels of
test s b jec ts
T yp of c oupler u ed for
in er t ea rph ne
~10 dB at a ny test fr eq enc y b low 4 0 0 Hz an
~15 dB at test freq enc ies of 4 0 0 Hz a nd a bov e
IEC 126:1973,fig r e 2 IEC 126:1973, fig r e 2 IEC 126:1973, fig r e 2
IEC 71 :1981, fig r e 2 IEC 71 :1981, fig r e 2
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B ib liogr ap hy
L.A KRUGER,B an KIL L IO N,M.C R ef
[4 ] IS0 3894:-3’, Ac ou tic s - R eferenc e zero for
the c alib r atio of audiometr i eq ipment -
eq iva lent thr es old s u d pres ure levels for
in er t ea rph nes Sta nd Au io , 18, 1989,
p 19 -l 9
[5] IEC 3 3:1970, /EC p r ov isio al refer enc e c oupler
audiometr y
[S ] BRINKMA NNK., a nd RICHT ER,U Referen e zer o
for the c alib r atio of pure to e a udiometers
eq ip ed with in er t ea rph nes Ac us c a, 70,
19 0, p 2 2-2 7
[6] IEC 318:1970, A n /EC a ificial ear , of th wide-
b n ty p e, for the c alib r atio of ea rph nes u ed
in a udiometr y
2) This artic le is a c omp ila tio of th res lts of five exp erime ta l studies F or th purp ses of this p a rt of IS0 3 9, h wev er,
th res lts of o e study o ly (Wib r, 19 6) could b ta ke into a ccount due to d via ting test co ditio s u e in th oth r
studies
3) To b publsh d
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Des riptors: a cou tic , a udiometry, a udiometers, c a lib ra tio ,
a uditory thresh ld, refere ce da ta
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