title: New hearing threshold measurements for pure tones under free-field listening conditions.
abstract: Hearing thresholds for pure tones were measured under free-field listening conditions in the frequency range of 40 Hz-15 kHz. Results are consistent with the standard threshold specified in ISO 226 for frequencies up to 250 Hz, but a few dB below the ISO curve at higher frequencies. Thresholds are distributed normally on a logarithmic level scale with a standard deviation of approximately 5 dB. No significant differences between thresholds of male and female subjects were observed.
authors.affiliation: University of Oldenburg, Department of Physics, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Betke
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008297:Male; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D012016:Reference Values; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*