Hearing Aid-Related Standards and Test Systems

Ravn, Gert B.Sc.
Preves, David Ph.D.

¹Danish Electronic Light and Acoustics, Hørsholm, Denmark
²Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Address for correspondence: Gert Ravn, B.Sc., Danish Electronic Light and Acoustics, Venlighedsvej 4, 2970 Hørsholm, Denmark, (e-mail: [email protected])

Standardization and Calibration Part 2: Brief Stimuli, Immittance, Amplification, and Vestibular Assessment; Guest Editor, Robert Burkard, Ph.D.

Seminars in Hearing 36(1):p 29-48, February 2015. | DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1396925

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.