Table of Contents

 1     Scope and object   
        1.1     Scope              
        1.2     Object             
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Artificial ear types 
        6.1     Type 1 artificial ear    
        6.2     Type 2 artificial ear    
        6.3     Type 3 artificial ear    
        6.4     Type 4 artificial ear    
        6.5     Calibration of the artificial ears type 1 and type 3.2      
        6.6     Performance verification of the artificial ears types 2, 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4 
        6.7     Atmospheric reference conditions      
        6.8     General requirements             
        6.9     Ear-drum reference point to ear reference point correction     
Annex A – A practical procedure for determination of the acoustic input impedance of artificial ears    
        A.1     Introduction 
        A.2     Calibration of the impedance probe   
        A.3     Artificial ear calibration            
Annex B – Cross sectional areas of type 4.3 pinna simulator    
        B.1     Cross sections of the concha bottom 
        B.2     Cross sectional areas of the ear canal and concha bottom        
        B.3     Cross sectional areas of the pinna simulator   
Appendix I – Comparative acoustical input impedance measurements on the artificial ears Types        3.3 and 3.4 and on human ears    
        I.1                   Introduction     
        I.2                 Data overview  
        I.3                  Artificial ear measurements       
        I.4                   Human ear measurements        
        I.5                  Comparison between human and artificial ear measurements    
Appendix II – Illustration of the mobile phone-shaped impedance probe used in Appendix I    
Appendix III – Influence of cross-sectional density on the acoustical transfer impedance of type 4.3 ear simulator    
      III.1     Introduction  
      III.2     Interpolation method used for connection of cross sections     
      III.3     Influence of cross-sectional density on acoustic transfer impedance     
      III.4     COMSOL Model Setup
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