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IEC TS 60318-7:2011 (2011-02) ELECTROACOUSTICS - SIMULATORS OF HUMAN HEAD AND EAR - PART 7: HEAD AND TORSO SIMULATOR FOR ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT OF HEARING AIDS
 
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Description
IEC/TS 60318-7:2011(E) describes a head and torso simulator (manikin) intended for the measurement of air-conduction hearing aids in the frequency range from 100 Hz to 10 000 Hz. The device consists of a head mounted on a torso that extends to the waist. The head is equipped with simulated pinnae and with cylindrical cavities having acoustic impedance terminations and microphones located at positions corresponding to those of the eardrums in a median human adult. It has been designed to provide acoustic diffraction similar to that encountered around the median human head and torso. The device with its present pinna simulator, however, is not suitable for the measurement of all types of hearing aids. For example, most in-the-ear (ITE) and completely-in-the-canal (CIC) hearing aids cannot be measured correctly. The manikin is specified in terms of both, its geometrical dimensions and its acoustical properties. IEC/TS 60318-7:2011 has been developed as a revision of IEC/TR 60959 (1990). The main changes, as compared to the technical report, are the insertion of maximum permitted expanded measurement uncertainties and additional references in the Bibliography. A future IEC Standard which will include additional models of head and torso simulators for hearing aid measurements is planned.
Class  C990  (IEC PUBLICATIONS IEC PUBLICATIONS)
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Status
Status TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Situation Withdrawn
Replaced by  IEC 60318-7:2022
Replaced by  IEC TS 60318-7:2017
Replaces  IEC TR 60959:1990
Origin
Committee TC 29
ELECTROACOUSTICS
Responsible Ir DELENS Marc
Approval
BEC Approval 2011-02-24
Registration 115327
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) 17.140.50
NBN Status New
IEC publication date 2011-02-24
IEC stability date 2016-12-31
IEC last modification date 2017-04-12