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ANSI ASA S3.6 Specifications for audiometers

RegSenseEnforcement and Audits - OSHAEnforcement and Audits - OSHAAcoustical Society of America (ASA)Safety & HealthHearing Conservation and NoiseGeneral Industry SafetyIndustrial HygieneConsensus StandardsIndustry Consensus StandardEnglishFocus AreaUSA

This standard covers audiometers used in determining the hearing threshold level of an individual. There are two general classes of audiometers: pure tone and speech.

Current edition

  • ANSI/ASA S3.6-2018 Specification for Audiometers

Incorporation by reference

The following editions have been incorporated by reference (IBR) into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR):

IBR approved for Overview of requirements IBR approved edition
29 CFR 1910.95(h)(2) Employers must ensure audiometric tests are conducted with audiometers (including microprocessor audiometers) that meet the specifications of, and are maintained and used in accordance with, American National Standard Specification for Audiometers, S3.6-1969. ANSI S3.6-69 Specifications for Audiometers.
29 CFR 1910.95(h)(5)(iii) Employers must ensure an exhaustive audiometer calibration is performed at least every two years in accordance with sections 4.1.2; 4.1.3.; 4.1.4.3; 4.2; 4.4.1; 4.4.2; 4.4.3; and 4.5 of the American National Standard Specification for Audiometers, S3.6-1969. Test frequencies below 500 Hz and above 6000 Hz may be omitted from this calibration. ANSI S3.6-69 Specifications for Audiometers.
29 CFR 1910.95 Appendix D Rooms used for audiometric testing must not have background sound pressure levels exceeding those in Table D-1 when measured by equipment conforming at least to the Type 2 requirements of American National Standard Specification for Sound Level Meters, S1.4-1971 (R1976), and to the Class II requirements of American National Standard Specification for Octave, Half-Octave, and Third-Octave Band Filter Sets, S1.11-1971 (R1976). ANSI S3.6-69 Specifications for Audiometers.

How to purchase

Standards are available for purchase from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), see webstore.ansi.org, and from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), see acousticalsociety.org.

['Enforcement and Audits - OSHA', 'Industrial Hygiene']
['Hearing Conservation and Noise', 'Enforcement and Audits - OSHA']
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