ANSI/ASA S3.39 : 1987(R2012)
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SPECIFICATIONS FOR INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE AURAL ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE AND ADMITTANCE (AURAL ACOUSTIC IMMITTANCE)
Hardcopy , PDF
09-06-2020
English
15-06-2012
1 SCOPE
2 PURPOSE
3 APPLICATIONS
4 REFERENCES TO OTHER STANDARDS
4.1 American National Standards
4.2 Other National Standards
5 DEFINITIONS
5.1 Acoustic Immittance
5.2 Acoustic Impedance
5.3 Acoustic Resistance
5.4 Acoustic Reactance
5.5 Acoustic Admittance
5.6 Acoustic Conductance
5.7 Acoustic Susceptance
5.8 Acoustic Mass (Acoustic Inertance)
5.9 Acoustic Stiffness
5.10 Acoustic Compliance (Acoustic Capacitance)
5.11 Acoustic Equivalent Volume
5.12 Air-Pressure (excess)
5.13 Probe
5.14 Probe Tip
5.15 Probe signal
5.16 Probe Ear
5.17 Measurement Plane
5.18 Static Acoustic Immittance
5.19 Compensated Static Acoustic Immittance
5.20 Dynamic Acoustic Immittance
5.21 Tympanometry
5.22 Tympanogram
5.23 Middle-Ear Muscle Reflex
5.24 Acoustic-Reflex Activating Stimulus
5.25 Nonacoustic Reflex Activating Stimulus
5.26 Stimulus Ear
5.27 Ipsilateral Reflex
5.28 Contralateral Reflex
5.29 Reflex-Modified Acoustic Immittance
6 TYPES OF AURAL ACOUSTIC-IMMITTANCE INSTRUMENTS
7 CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR AURAL
ACOUSTIC-IMMITTANCE INSTRUMENTS
7.1 The Acoustic-Immittance Measurement System
7.2 The Probe System
7.3 The Probe Signals
7.4 The Pneumatic System
7.5 The Acoustic-Reflex Activating (Stimulus) System
7.6 The Nonacoustic Reflex-Activating (Stimulus) System
7.7 Electrical Output Coincident with Stimulus Signals
8 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
8.1 Safety Requirements
8.2 Warmup Time
8.3 Calibration Stability
8.4 Unwanted Acoustic Signals and Radiation
8.5 Marking
8.6 Instruction Manual
9 SYMBOLS, FORMS, AND FORMATS FOR ACOUSTIC-IMMITTANCE
DATA
9.1 Recommended Symbols and Standard Abbreviations for
Measured Quantities
9.2 Tympanogram Format
9.3 Format for Measurement of Middle-Ear Muscle Reflexes
9.4 Format for Evaluation of Eustachian-Tube Function
10 CALIBRATION CAVITIES AND ACOUSTIC COUPLERS
10.1 General
10.2 Cavities for Calibration of Acoustic Immittance and Air
Pressure
10.3 Acoustic Couplers
APPENDIX A: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AURAL ACOUSTIC-IMMITTANCE
INSTRUMENTS
APPENDIX B: MEASUREMENT OF THE TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
ACOUSTIC-IMMITTANCE INSTRUMENTS
APPENDIX C: REFERENCES
TABLES
FIGURES
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