Hearing Aid–Related Standards and Test Systems

Abstract

Many documents describe standardized methods and standard equipment requirements in the field of audiology and hearing aids. These standards will ensure a uniform level and a high quality of both the methods and equipment used in audiological work. The standards create the basis for measuring performance in a reproducible manner and independent from how and when and by whom parameters have been measured. This article explains, and focuses on, relevant acoustic and electromagnetic compatibility parameters and describes several test systems available.

Keywords

Standards - hearing aids - reproducible measures - performance criteria - pure tone measures - speech gain measures - International Electrotechnical Commission/American National Standards Institute harmonization - electromagnetic compatibility

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