This part of ISO 8253 specifies relevant test signal characteristics, requirements for free, diffuse, and
quasi-free sound fields, and procedures for sound field audiometry using pure tones, frequency-modulated
tones or other narrow-band test signals presented by means of one or more loudspeakers. The primary
purpose is the determination of hearing threshold levels in the frequency range 125 Hz to 8 000 Hz, but this
range can be extended to 20 Hz to 16 000 Hz.
This part of ISO 8253 does not include specifications for the use of hand-held loudspeakers. Speech as a test
signal is not covered.
The purpose of this part of ISO 8253 is to ensure that tests of hearing, using sound field audiometry, give as
high a degree of accuracy and reproducibility as possible.
BS EN ISO 8253-2:2009 Referenced Document
IEC 60581-7:1986 High fidelity audio equipment and systems; Minimum performance requirements. Part 7 : Loudspeakers
IEC 60645-1 Electroacoustics - Audiometric equipment - Part 1: Equipment for pure-tone and speech audiometry*, 2017-03-14 Update
ISO 389-7 Acoustics — Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment — Part 7: Reference threshold of hearing under free-field and diffuse-field listening conditions*, 2019-11-05 Update
ISO 8253-1 Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - Part 1: Pure-tone air and bone conduction audiometry*, 2010-11-01 Update
BS EN ISO 8253-2:2009 history
2010BS EN ISO 8253-2:2010 Acoustics. Audiometric test methods. Sound field audiometry with pure-tone and narrow-band test signals
2010BS EN ISO 8253-2:2009 Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - Sound field audiometry with pure-tone and narrow-band test signals