Equivalent threshold sound pressure levels for Sennheiser HDA 200 earphone and Etymotic Research ER-2 insert earphone in the frequency range 125 Hz to 16 kHz

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-112

  Han, Loc A ^a,b   Poulsen, Torben ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Calibration; Earphone; Hearing threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0031800510     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503998420342     Document Type: Article

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