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Electroacoustics - Audiometric equipment - Part 1: Equipment for pure-tone and speech
audiometry (IEC 60645-1:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60645-1:2017
ICS:
17.140.50 Elektroakustika Electroacoustics
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60645-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2017
ICS 17.140.50 Supersedes EN 60645-1:2015
English Version
Electroacoustics - Audiometric equipment - Part 1: Equipment for
pure-tone and speech audiometry
(IEC 60645-1:2017)
Electroacoustique - Appareils audiométriques -  Akustik - Audiometer - Teil 1: Reinton-Audiometer
Partie 1: Appareils pour l'audiométrie tonale et vocale (IEC 60645-1:2017)
(IEC 60645-1:2017)
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Ref. No. EN 60645-1:2017 E
European foreword
The text of document 29/927/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60645-1, prepared by
IEC/TC 29 "Electroacoustics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60645-1:2017.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2018-04-06
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2020-10-06
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60645-1:2015.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60645-1:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:

ISO 389-9 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 389-9.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60268-3 -  Sound system equipment - EN 60268-3 -
Part 3: Amplifiers
IEC 60268-7 -  Sound system equipment - EN 60268-7 -
Part 7: Headphones and earphones
IEC 60268-17 -  Sound system equipment - HD 483.17 S1 -
Part 17: Standard volume indicators
IEC 60318-1 -  Electroacoustics - Simulators of human EN 60318-1 -
head and ear -
Part 1: Ear simulator for the measurement
of supra-aural and circumaural earphones
IEC 60318-3 -  Electroacoustics - Simulators of human EN 60318-3 -
head and ear -
Part 3: Acoustic coupler for the calibration
of supra-aural earphones used in
audiometry
IEC 60318-4 -  Electroacoustics - Simulators of human EN 60318-4 -
head and ear -
Part 4: Occluded-ear simulator for the
measurement of earphones coupled to the
ear by means of ear inserts
IEC 60318-5 -  Electroacoustics - Simulators of human EN 60318-5 -
head and ear -
Part 5: 2 cm³ coupler for the measurement
of hearing aids and earphones coupled to
the ear by means of ear inserts
IEC 60318-6 -  Electroacoustics - Simulators of human EN 60318-6 -
head and ear -
Part 6: Mechanical coupler for the
measurements on bone vibrators
IEC 60601-1 -  Medical electrical equipment - EN 60601-1 -
Part 1: General requirements for basic
safety and essential performance
IEC 60601-1-2 -  Medical electrical equipment - EN 60601-1-2 -
Part 1-2: General requirements for basic
safety and essential performance -
Collateral standard: Electromagnetic
disturbances - Requirements and tests
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 61260-1 -  Electroacoustics - Octave-band and EN 61260-1 -
fractional-octave-band filters -
Part 1: Specifications
IEC 61672-1 -  Electroacoustics - Sound level meters - EN 61672-1 -
Part 1: Specifications
ISO 266 -  Acoustics - Preferred frequencies EN ISO 266 -
ISO 389-1 -  Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-1 -
calibration of audiometric equipment -
Part 1: Reference equivalent threshold
sound pressure levels for pure tones and
supra-aural earphones
ISO 389-2 -  Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-2 -
calibration of audiometric equipment -
Part 2: Reference equivalent threshold
sound pressure levels for pure tones and
insert earphones
ISO 389-3 -  Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-3 -
calibration of audiometric equipment -
Part 3: Reference equivalent threshold
vibratory force levels for pure tones and
bone vibrators
ISO 389-4 1994 Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-4 1998
calibration of audiometric equipment - Part
4: Reference levels for narrow-band
masking noise
ISO 389-5 -  Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-5 -
calibration of audiometric equipment -
Part 5: Reference equivalent threshold
sound pressure levels for pure tones in the
frequency range 8 kHz to 16 kHz
ISO 389-7 -  Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-7 -
calibration of audiometric equipment -
Part 7: Reference threshold of hearing
under free-field and diffuse-field listening
conditions
ISO 389-8 -  Acoustics - Reference zero for the EN ISO 389-8 -
calibration of audiometric equipment -
Part 8: Reference equivalent threshold
sound pressure levels for pure tones and
circumaural earphones
ISO 4869-1 -  Acoustics - Hearing protectors - EN 24869-1 -
Part 1: Subjective method for the
measurement of sound attenuation
ISO 8253-1 2010 Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - EN ISO 8253-1 2010
Part 1: Pure-tone air and bone conduction
audiometry
ISO 8253-2 -  Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - EN ISO 8253-2 -
Part 2: Sound field audiometry with pure-
tone and narrow-band test signals
ISO 8253-3 -  Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - EN ISO 8253-3 -
Part 3: Speech audiometry
IEC 60645-1 ®
Edition 4.0 2017-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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Electroacoustics – Audiometric equipment –

Part 1: Equipment for pure-tone and speech audiometry

Électroacoustique – Appareils audiométriques –

Partie 1: Appareils pour l’audiométrie tonale et vocale

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ICS 17.140.50 ISBN 978-2-8322-4079-3

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Requirements by type and class of audiometer . 13
5 General requirements . 15
5.1 General safety requirements . 15
5.2 Acoustic safety requirements . 15
5.3 Environmental conditions . 15
5.4 Warm-up time . 15
5.5 Power supply variation . 15
5.5.1 Interruption of power supply . 15
5.5.2 Mains operation . 15
5.5.3 Battery operation . 15
5.5.4 Other power supplies . 16
5.6 Electromagnetic compatibility . 16
5.7 Unwanted sound . 16
5.7.1 General . 16
5.7.2 Unwanted sound from and between any combination of transducers . 16
5.7.3 Unwanted sound from an earphone . 16
5.7.4 Unwanted sound from a bone vibrator. 16
5.7.5 Unwanted sound radiated by an audiometer . 17
5.8 Testing of automatic-recording audiometers . 17
5.9 Interface connections . 17
6 Test signals . 17
6.1 Speech signals . 17
6.1.1 Speech signal general requirements . 17
6.1.2 Free-field equivalent earphone output level . 17
6.1.3 Uncorrected earphone output level . 18
6.1.4 Loudspeaker output level . 18
6.1.5 Bone vibrator output level . 18
6.1.6 Speech signal frequency response . 18
6.1.7 Calibration signal . 18
6.1.8 Live voice microphone frequency response . 18
6.1.9 Scale reference and output level . 19
6.1.10 Distortion requirements for speech signals . 19
6.2 Pure tones . 20
6.2.1 Frequency range and hearing level range . 20
6.2.2 Frequency acceptance limits . 21
6.2.3 Total harmonic distortion . 21
6.2.4 Rate of frequency change . 21
6.2.5 Frequency modulation . 21
6.3 External signal sources .
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