Portable Audiometer

Calibration System
Type i714
Easy, flexible
and reliable
PRODUCT DATA
The i714 Portable Audiometer
Calibration System is an easy,
flexible and reliable solution for
automated calibration of audiome-
ters to IEC and ANSI standards.
Audiometer certification is the
primary focus, but the system is
designed to accommodate the
everyday needs of hospitals and
clinics as well as those of calibra-
tion and metrology laboratories.
Other fields of use are audiometer
R&D and factory production test-
ing.
The system is build around the
powerful sound level meter and
analyzer Type 2250. It utilizes the
precision of the Class 1 measuring
instrument, experience in calibra-
tion and simplicity of use. The
system performs the tasks rang-
ing from basic standard audiome-
ter testing with fully automated
procedures to advanced custom-
ized tests.
The Type i714 with integrated type of audiometer as long as the 4930. The system can be config-
database takes care of test proce- audiometer complies with relevant ured for the in house calibration
dure execution as well as all ISO standards. services or production tests as
house-keeping data including cli- The interface with variety of well as for the use in the field,
ent e-mail reminder for next cali- audiometers is secured by using without compromising neither ac-
bration. Brel & Kjr family of top-class curacy nor stability.
The calibration Software is not couplers, artificial ear Type 4152 /
limited to any specific brand or 4153 and artificial mastoid Type

USES AND FEATURES

Uses Multiple test procedures.

Calibrate any type of audiometer fulfilling IEC
60645 family of standards.
Calibrate Headphones, Inserts, HF phones, Bone
Oscillators and Tympanometers
Features
Calibration procedures based on ISO 61389 and
ISO 318 standards for air conductive and bone
conductive transducers.
Automatic correction for microphone and artificial
mastoid sensitivity deviations.
Semi- or fully automated procedures execution.
Data on operators, customers, audiometers, tests
and test equipment is managed in one database.
Data can be retrieved by a range of query pa-
rameters.
Tracking of calibration equipment inventory and
calibration date.
Audiometer adjustment instructions
Customized calibration reports
Calibration reminder via e-mail.

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Local representatives and service organisations worldwide
Portable Audiometer Calibration System
Calibration..?
The basic aim of acoustic
audiometer calibration is to
define the audiometric zero for
the chosen earphone. This can
be performed using human
volun-teers or an artifical ear.
There are different types of
audiometer output transdu-
cers:
1. Ear phones
2. Bone vibrator
3. Loud speaker (free-field)
Output transducers for audio-
meters cannot be replaced or
changed without calibrating
the whole equipment.
Calibration of the audiome-
ter involves calibration of the
audiometer proper, of ear pho-
nes, and of bone vibrators.
The calibration of bone
vibrators is the same as for
earphones except for the
measuring device which is
different.
Audiometer Calibration
The system calibrates audiometers to which the bone-vibrators are
using an ear simulator system. It
includes an artificial ear for testing
air-conduction hearing mecha-
nisms. This device consist of a
calibrated microphone with an
associated coupling volume open
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Figure 1.
Main menu of the i714 software
a simple and intuitive user interface with all functionalities
on one side allowing application of required to maintain maximum
headphones when testing. measurement accuracy.
For testing bone-conduction For absolute acoustic calibra-
hearing mechanisms, an artificial tion the audiometer should be
mastoid is utilised. This device calibrated using an artificial ear, a
uses a series of rubber layers to special measuring microphone
couple the bone-vibrator to a designed for that purpose and a
force transducer. The device known sound pressure level.
mimics the way in which sound is Accurate and reliable measure-
transferred through the mastoid ments are fundamental to charac-
part of the human temporal bone, terise and quantify hearing loss,
and consequently for selection of
applied when testing. hearing aids and for general
The purpose of any calibration health and safety monitoring.
measurement is to check that the Prober calibration ensures that the
measurement equipment is meas- measurements are consistent, no
uring correctly. Regular testing matter where the they are carried
and calibration of an audiometer is out.
Figure 2.
Set-up of the i714
Portable Audiometer
Calibration System
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System Instrumentation
The calibration system is based on Hand-held Acoustic Analyzer
Type 2250 and the Audiometer Calibration Software i714.

Acoustic Analyzer Artificial Ear

The i714 Portable Audi-
ometer Calibration System
is based on the Type 2250
Hand-held Acoustic
Analyzer. Type 2250 is a
compact and robust hand-held
instrument, which can host a
number of software modules.
Sound Calibrator
Sound Calibrator Type 4231 is a
pocket-sized, battery operated
class 1 sound source. The
calibration frequency is 1000Hz (the
reference frequency for the standardised
international weighting networks) with a
calibration pressure of 94 0.2 dB re 20 Pa is
equal to 1 Pa or 1N/m2.
Artificial Mastoid
Artificial Mastoid Type 4930 is designed for the
calibration of bone conduction hearing aids and
bone vibrators used in audiometry. It mechanically
simulates the human head, incorporating a built-in
force transducer to monitor the output of the
device to be calibrated. The
artificial mastoid
ensures
longterm
stability and
accurate
correspon-
dence with the
mechanical
characteristics
of the human
mastoid.
Couplers
The couplers supplied with the artificial ear consist
of a 2cm3 Coupler DB 0138 in accordance with
IEC126 and ANSI S3.71973 for measurements on
hearing aid earphones, and a 6cm3 Coupler DB
0913 which fulfils the requirements of the
NBS 9A Coupler (United States National
Institute of Standards and Technology)
and the ANSI S3.61969 and IEC 303
Coupler for measurements on headphones.
Type 4152
Artificial Ear Type 4152
has been designed for
measurements in the
audiometric and related
fields. The primary function is
the calibration of supra-aural
earphones used in audio-metry in complaince with
IEC 60318-2.
The Artificial Ear Type 4152 consist of an acoustic
coupler, a main housing containing the sockets for
the connection of a condenser microphone and a
base plate with a mechanism for clamping the
object being tested. The Artificial Ear is isolated
from shock and vibration by means of three soft
rubber feet.
Microphone Type 4144
Type 4144 is a 1 pressure-field
microphone and the pressure
frequency response is flat over a
wide frequency range. Hence no
correction is needed to the pressure response
below 8 kHz. The use of pressure-field microphones
is recommended where measurement of the local
pressure is of interest, for instance for coupler
measurements. The stability of Type 4144
combined with its low inherent noise and high
sensitivity makes it the perfect choice for coupler
measurements.
Artificial Ear Type 4153
Artificial Ear Type 4153 fulfils the requirements of
IEC 318 and has an acoustical impedance basically
similar to that of the human ear and allows circum-
aural earphones calibration. The acoustic coupler
contains three volumes (V1 = 2.5cm3, V2 =
1.8cm3 and V3 = 7.5cm3) acoustically connected in
parallel by means of a narrow annular
slit and four parallel holes.
Microphone Type 4192
Type 4192 is a pressure-field
microphone designed for high-precision
coupler measurements. Being externally polarized,
Type 4192 must be used with a classical
preamplifier. Externally polarized microphones
may be used at higher temperatures without
severe changes in sensitivity.

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Easy, Audiometer Calibration

flexible, in 9 simple Steps...
& reliable
Start
Set-up the calibration system by connecting the relevant
Connect
1 equipment
components and the instrument to be calibrated into a
measurement chain.
The i714 Portable
Audiometer Cali- Select client and associated audiometer from database.
Enter
bration System: 2 If customer does not exist in database enter information including
client data
reduces typing audiometer and accessery data (type and serialno. etc).
errors by avoi-
ding manual data Select
entering 3 procedure
Select calibration test or combination of calibration tests.

reduces the time

needed for audio-
Enter Enter temperature, humidity and air pressure - data obtained
meter calibration
prevents errors
4 atmospheric data from public sources.

caused by incor- Calibrate the measurement chain. Use the reference sound
rect or ignored Calibrate source and include corrections for microphone and mastoid
corrections for 5 system obtained from an independent calibration laboratory.
microphone or Microphone chain sensitivity correction value is defined and
mastoid saved for each calibration.
Calibrate
The system includes
6 audiometer Calibrate the audiometer. The calibration consists of 3 steps:
a professional data- 1. Calibration - deviations are calculated: the difference between
Adjust expected values and measured values.
base for:
Customers
7 audiometer 2. Adjustment - the audiometer is adjusted to meet expected
values.
Audiometers Recalibrate 3. Recalibration, to ensure the correctness of the adjustment.
Procedures 8 audiometer
Reports
House keeping Create Use a query to retrieve calibration results from the database and
data 9 report generate a report using a predefined template.
Instrumentation
Corrections and
reference values
Finish

System Set-up
The Portable Audiometer Calibra-
tion System comes in a robust and
handy carrying case containing all
instruments, cables and adaptors
needed for testing and calibrating
audiometersall needed in addi-
tion is a PC and a USB or LAN con-
nection.
The calibration system is set-
up by connecting the relevant
components and the instrument to
be calibrated into a measurement
chain. The audiometer under test
is connected via serial or USB
interface.
The set-up is configured ac-
cording to the options of the sys-
tem (xxxx-100 or xxxx-200, and
optional accessories at hand) and
to tests to be performed (see fig- strong feature of the calibration
ure 2 and 3). software. Measurement data, re-
From unpacking to reporting a ports, customer data, inventory
basic calibrationincluding system data, audiometer data, proce-
calibrationtakes only 10 min- dures, corrections for headphones,
utes. vibrators, microphones, mastoids
and operators are handled by SQL
Calibration Made Easy database.
Step by step the calibration soft- It is of major benefit to have all
ware guides the operator through data stored in a well-defined and
the preparation procedureall in organised form, which facilitates
an intuitive and logical order. Dur- retrieval, editing and updating. An
ing calibration, only the audiome- additional safety feature is the
ter is operated by calibration tech- regular software notification to
nicianthe 2250 is controlled produce a database back-up in
from software. case of computer failure all data
are preserved.
Client Data Prior to starting the actual cali-
Data management is a critical part bration, the operator must enter
of the calibration process and a customer information, select cali-

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bration procedure and specify in-

struments used. The client and
associated audiometer is selected
from the database. If customer
does not exist already in the data-
base, information is entered, in-
cluding audiometer and accesso-
Figure 3.
ries data (type, serial-number
The system software
etc.).
guides you through all
The acoustic analyzer is recog-
steps of the calibration
nized by its serial number and
procedure
even more importantly by in-
stalled software (Active Tem-
plate). Most frequently used stan-
dardised headphones and vibra-
tors are available in the database
as default. Additional equipment
can be added by the user and cor-
rection values entered as re-
quired.
Microphone and mastoid cali-
bration corrections can be im-
ported from a USB key or entered
manually. Example of correction
graph is seen on figure x.

Procedure
An audiometer calibration task
incorporates several tests to be
selected depending on the type of
audiometer. All acoustic admit-
tance instruments use a probe
tone that must be calibrated for at
least frequency, SPL and distor-
tion.
The operator can select from a
range of tests:
Pure tone (Air and Bone con-
duction level)
Masking level (Narrow band)
Masking level (Broad band)
Attenuator linearity Each set of tests is user-
Frequency defined, meaning that the opera-
tor can select frequencies at which
Total Harmonic Distortion
the tests are executed. All tests
(THD)
are compared to limit values de-
Narrow band cut-of frequencies
fined by the user (in reference to
and bandwidth
standards in question).
Free-field calibration Corrections for used transducer
Tympanometer calibration (microphone and/or mastoid) are
One, some or all supported proce- automatically read from the data-
dures can be included in the cali- base and taken into account for
bration task. Several procedures calculation of the expected result.
can be merged into one procedure All calculations are performed
(e.g. Pure tone first, Insert second by the i714 software and pre-
and Mastoid third). sented in a table as well as

Figure 4.
A new client is added to the data-
baseclient data can be reused
for other audiometers or when
next calibration is due

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Figure 5.
Microphone calibration corrections example
Brel & Kjr Type 4144

graphically to tered and will be included in the

provide over- final calibration report. These data
view. can be obtained from public
During pure tone sources.
level calibration,
THD and fre- System Calibration
quency are si- Traceability of measurement re-
multaneously sults is an integral part of the cali-
measured and bration procedure. Traceability is
calculated. obtained by measurement chain
calibration at the beginning of
Atmospheric each audiometer calibration. Type
Data 4231 is used as the reference
The environ- sound source producing 94dB at
mental condi- 1kHzthe software automatically
tions of the cali- includes corrections for micro-
bration have to phone and mastoid obtained from
be documented. an independent calibration labora-
The levels of tory. The microphone chain sensi-
Figure 6. temperature, air tivity correction value is defined
Audiometer calibration in progress humidity and air and saved for each completed
- coloured dots indicate measurement status pressure are en- calibration. The i714 Software

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constantly moni-
tors the validity
of calibration Figure 7.
equipment in Audiometer adjustment
use. instructions
Calibration
can start as
soon as these
conditions for
correct calibra-
tion documenta-
tion are fulfilled.

Calibration
When all rele-
vant data are in
the database, it
is only a matter
of selecting the
calibration
equipment and
the audiometer
to be tested,
and calibration
is started. Reporting function provides capability to re-
The calibration of an audiome- Calibration results are saved in trieve only the calibrations fulfill-
ter is performed in three steps: the database and available for ing specific criteria.
1. Calibration - deviations are cal- creating report or just to be Selected calibrations can be
culated: the difference between viewed on the screen. A query examined on the screen or sent to
expected values and measured
values. Figure 8.
2. Adjustment - the audiometer is Reporting example
adjusted to meet expected val- part of calibration
ues. certificate
3. Recalibration, to ensure the
correctness of the adjustment.
Online guidance eases the calibra-
tion and prevents the operator
from missing important steps or
taking incorrect actions. Each time
the operator needs to intervene
when calibration in progress, a
window with clear and instructive
information appears.
Any deviation exceeding limit
value displays an information win-
dow with an option to repeat or
accept the result. Results which
are out of tolerance limits get red
light in front of the step in ques-
tion. During semiautomatic cali-
bration, only the audiometer is
operated by calibration technician.
Intervention with Type 2250 is not
needed at allit is controlled from
the software.
The i714 Software constantly
monitors the calibration validity of
client audiometers and automati-
cally sends out a notice on expired
calibrations at start-up or on re-
quest.

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Figure 9.
Excel or Word using either a pre- calibration on the unit: air
System set-up for free-field
defined or customer defined re- pressure and physical volume.
audiometer calibration or
porting template. Often the air pressure is calibrated
audiometric test room / booth
automatically at start-up.
verification.
To calibrate the physical
Free-field Calibration volume the calibration cavity is
and Booth Verification installed on the probe tip. The
Mesurements for free or quasi- tympanometer should be tested
free sound fields are specified by on a daily basis, e.g. With each
ISO 8253-2. The standard new patient to include calibration
describes the characteristics of data in the case.
free-field and diffuse field ANSI S3.39-1987 requires that
characteristics and the procedures three calibration cavities (0.5, 2.0,
and conditions of use for sound and 5.0 cm3) be provided with
field audiometry, each instrument.
The loudspeaker should be
head-height of the seated listener,
and directed towards the
reference point. In absence of the
test subjct the sound pressure
levels 0.15 m above, below and to
the left and right of the reference
point should not vary by more
than 1 dB from those predicted by
the inverse square law (see figure
9.)

Tympanometer Calibration
The tympanometer should be
tested regularly, at least once a
day, preferably with each new
patient, and calibration data
included in the case.
The tympanometer is measur-
ing the acoustic immittance of the
ear as a function of ear canal air
pressure. Two measures require

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ORDERING INFORMATION
i714 -100 System
The Portable Audiometer Calibration System comes in two
standard configurations, which both comply with IEC
60645:
Xxxx-100 With Artificial Ear Type 4152 for audiometers
with supra-aural earphones or inserts according to ANSI
53.7-1955 and IEC 60318-3-5.
Xxxx-200 Like xxxx-100 , but with an additional Artificial
Mastoid with bone vibrators according to ANSI S 3.13
and IEC 60373-1990-01
Optional accessories:
Artificial Mastoid Type 4930 including Pressure Measure-
ment Microphone Type 4192 for testing audiometers
with circum-aural earphones.
Coupler Type 4946 with an Adaptor Type WA-1704 for
audiometers with insert earphones according to IEC
60318-4 for high frequency up to 16 kHz.
The Type i714-100 system consists of the following com-
ponents:
2250-H Precision Sound Level Meter loaded with BZ
7222 (basic functionality) , 7223 (1/3 Octave analysis)
and 7230 (Narrow Band analysis (FFT)) conforming with
the following National and International Standards:
- IEC 61672 1 (2002 05), Class 1
- IEC 60651 (1979) plus Amendment 1 (1993 02)
and Amendment 2 (200010), Type 1
- IEC60804 (200010), Type 1
Optional BZ 7223 for 1/3 Octave analysis or BZ 7230 for
i-714 Calibration software
Portable Audiometer Calibration System
4152 Artificial Ear
4144 1 Pressure Measuring Microphone
4930 Artificial Mastoid
4231 Sound Calibrator
AO-0441-D003 10 pin Microphone cable, 0,3m
AO-0038-D012 Super low noise cable, 10-32 UNF to 10-
32 UNF, 1,2m
JJ 2617 Input adaptor, Microphone to microdot
DB 0962 Adaptor, to mount 1" microphone on 1/2" pre-
amplifier (included with 4152)
KE xxxx Carrying case
i714 Software
EN 60645-1 2002 Electroacoustics - Audiological equipment
- Part 1: Pure-tone audiometers
ISO 389 Acoustics - Reference zero for the calibration of
audiometric equipment
EN 60318-3 2002 Acoustic coupler for the calibration of
supra-aural earphones used in audiometry.
PC Requirements
Operating System:
Windows XP, WindowsVista, Windows7,
(Microsoft.NET framework)
Recommended PC:
Pentium III (or equivalent) processor, 128 MB RAM,
SVGA graphics display/adaptor, sound card, CD ROM
drive, mouse, USB, Windows7
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Calibration System Type i714

Benefits:
Truly portable-easy to carry
Use to use-no special skills required
Automated calibration and reporting
On-line calibration instructions
Automated correction of all instruments
Traceable measurements and validity
monitoring
Easy data-handling storage and retrieval
Compliance to standards IEC 60645, 389
and 8253
Full flexibility for professional use

SOUND AND VIBRATION Please, contact your local

Brel & Kjr representative for more information:
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organisations worldwide.

Brel & Kjr

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Export Sales
Skodsborgvej 307
DK-2850 Nrum, Denmark
EXPORT SALES, MARCH 2011

Phone: +45 7741 2000

Fax: +45 7741 2015
E-mail: export@bksv.com
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