Microphone location effects, Deep insertion compensation – Audioscan Verifit 2 User Manual

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User's Guide Version 4.2 © June 2015

1/3 octave band SPL

Add to band SPL for

Speech

Hz

Calibrated

Female

Child

ICRA

Noise

Pink

Noise

Loud

Own

Voice

FM

Chest

FM

Boom

200

57.6

54.6

39.4

53.3

52.2

9.6

-3.0

6.3

16.5

250

56.3

53.7

52.7

55.4

52.2

10.7

3.1

11.7

21.9

315

53.5

49.7

56.5

55.9

52.2

10.9

9.1

16.5

25.5

400

57.1

55.4

54.1

57.4

52.2

10.0

6.0

13.5

22.7

500

57.1

57.2

55.1

57.3

52.2

10.1

8.6

13.8

26.2

630

55.8

58.0

60.6

55.1

52.2

10.5

11.6

21.4

28.3

800

53.4

54.8

56.2

52.3

52.2

10.8

13.5

26.0

31.2

1000

49.7

52.3

53.4

50.4

52.2

10.1

16.3

26.9

34.0

1250

47.7

50.6

45.1

48.5

52.2

4.4

17.7

22.2

36.4

1600

47.1

52.0

41.7

46.5

52.2

4.2

16.4

22.2

34.8

2000

44.2

50.7

39.3

44.3

52.2

5.9

17.0

20.9

33.8

2500

42.7

48.7

35.2

41.9

52.2

5.6

16.1

18.2

33.2

3150

42.1

48.0

30.0

40.5

52.2

1.7

14.9

13.8

30.8

4000

40.7

40.8

3105.0

38.7

52.2

-0.6

14.5

12.2

30.3

5000

40.0

36.0

30.7

36.8

52.2

-1.1

9.2

13.0

27.8

6300

40.6

40.9

33.1

35.0

52.2

-0.2

5.1

11.3

27.1

8000

40.3

39.6

34.9

33.1

52.2

-3.8

3.9

11.9

27.7

10000

40.4

28.0

34.1

31.4

52.2

-7.1

2.3

10.7

26.5

12500

38.2

22.6

31.3

29.9

52.2

-10.6

3.1

9.7

25.5

Overall

65

65

65

65

65

75

75

84

93

The above values may differ slightly from previous software versions due to reanalysis of all stimuli and
modifiers using newer equipment and analysis software.

Microphone location effects

Microphone location effects (MLE) for BTE, ITE, ITC and CIC aids were measured in an anechoic chamber on
a KEMAR manikin relative to a microphone location on the cheek below the earlobe. The MLEs in the
following table are added to the stimulus after the overall rms level has been set.

Deep insertion compensation

The deep insertion of a hearing aid or ear-mold causes the ear canal SPL to be higher than would be estimated
by adding and RECD or WRECD to the coupler SPL measured in the test box. This most commonly occurs with
Completely-in-Canal (CIC) hearing aids. When this hearing aid type is selected in Speechmap Test box, a deep
insertion factor is automatically added to the estimated ear canal SPL. The factor in the following table is from
DSL 5.0 and has been interpolated to 1/3 octave frequencies and extrapolated for frequencies above 6 kHz.

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