The acoustic test environment for hearing testing

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 784-791

  Margolis, Robert H ^a,b   Madsen, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Audiology Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Audiometry; Circumaural earphone; Earphone; Hearing test; Insert earphone; Maximum permissible ambient noise level; Sound room; Supra aural earphone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARPHONE; HEARING TEST; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND ROOM; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEVICES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUDIOMETRY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84942500818     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.14072     Document Type: Article

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