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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60318-5
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 17.140.50
English version
Electroacoustics -
Simulators of human 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 60318-5:2006)
Electroacoustique -  Akustik -
Simulateurs de tête et d'oreille humaines Simulatoren des menschlichen Kopfes
Partie 5: Coupleur de 2 cm³ und Ohres
pour la mesure des appareils de Teil 5: 2-ccm-Kuppler zur Messung
von mittels Ohreinsätzen angekoppelten
correction auditive et des écouteurs
couplés à l'oreille par des embouts Hörgeräten und Ohrhörern
(CEI 60318-5:2006) (IEC 60318-5:2006)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2006-09-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Ref. No. EN 60318-5:2006 E
Foreword
The text of document 29/600/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 60318-5, prepared by IEC TC 29,
Electroacoustics, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 60318-5 on 2006-09-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-06-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-09-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60318-5:2006 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60118-7 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60118-7:2005 (not modified).
IEC 61094-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61094-1:1994 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1) 2)
IEC 61094-4 - Measurement microphones EN 61094-4 1995
Part 4: Specifications for working standard
microphones
1) 2)
ISO 389-2 - Acoustics - Reference zero for the calibration EN ISO 389-2 1996
of audiometric equipment
Part 2: Reference equivalent threshold sound
pressure levels for pure tones and insert
earphones
BIPM/IEC/ISO/ 1995 Guide to the expression of uncertainty in - -
IUPAC/OIML measurement (GUM)
1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE
IEC
60318-5
INTERNATIONAL
Première édition
STANDARD
First edition
2006-08
Électroacoustique –
Simulateurs de tête et d’oreille humaines –
Partie 5:
Coupleur de 2 cm pour la mesure des appareils
de correction auditive et des écouteurs couplés
à l’oreille par des embouts
Electroacoustics –
Simulators of human head and ear –
Part 5:
2 cm coupler for the measurement of hearing
aids and earphones coupled to the ear by means
of ear inserts
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60318-5  IEC:2006 – 3 –
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5

1 Scope.9
2 Normative references .9
3 Terms and definitions .9
4 Construction .11
4.1 General .11
4.2 Cavity dimensions .11
4.3 Calibrated pressure type microphone .11
4.4 Static pressure equalisation .13
5 Calibration.13
5.1 Reference environmental conditions.13
5.2 Calibration procedure .13
6 Coupling of earphones and hearing aids to the coupler .15
6.1 Audiometers with insert earphones.15
6.2 Hearing aids of the in-the-ear type .15
6.3 Hearing aids with insert earphone .15
6.4 Hearing aids of the behind-the-ear type and spectacle hearing aids .21
7 Maximum permitted expanded uncertainty of measurements .25

Bibliography.27

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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ELECTROACOUSTICS –
SIMULATORS OF HUMAN HEAD AND EAR –

Part 5: 2 cm coupler for the measurement of hearing aids and
earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts

FOREWORD
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patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60318-5 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 29:
Electroacoustics.
This first edition of IEC 60318-5 cancels and replaces IEC 60126:1973.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
29/600/FDIS 29/606/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

60318-5  IEC:2006 – 7 –
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 60318 series, published under the general title Electroacoustics –
Simulators of human head and ear, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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ELECTROACOUSTICS –
SIMULATORS OF HUMAN HEAD AND EAR –

Part 5: 2 cm coupler for the measurement of hearing aids and earphones
coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts

1 Scope
This part of IEC 60318 describes an acoustic coupler for loading an earphone or hearing aid
with a specified acoustic impedance when determining its physical performance character-
istics, in the frequency range 125 Hz to 8 kHz. It is suitable for air conduction hearing aids
and earphones, coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts e.g. ear moulds or similar devices.
The sound pressure developed by an earphone is not, in general, the same in the coupler as
in a person’s ear. However, it can be used as a simple and ready means for the exchange of
specifications and of physical data on hearing aids and for the calibration of specified insert
earphones used in audiometry.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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.
IEC 61094-4, Measurement microphones – Part 4: Specifications for working standard
microphones
ISO 389-2, Acoustics – Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment – Part 2:
Re
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