1、Electroacoustics Hearing aids Method for measuring electroacoustic performance up to 16 kHz PD IEC/TS 62886:2016 BSI Standards Publication WB11885_BSI_StandardCovs_2013_AW.indd 1 15/05/2013 15:06National foreword This Published Document is the UK implementation of IEC/TS 62886:2016. The UK participa
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6、 2016 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 5 INTRODUCTION . 7 1 Scope 8 2 Normative references. 8 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 8 3.1 Terms and definitions 8 3.2 Abbreviated terms . 9 4 Mechanical design of the 0,4 cm 3coupler 9 4.1 General . 9 4.2 Cavity dimensions . 10 4.2.1 Critical dimensions . 10
7、 4.2.2 Effective coupler volume 10 4.2.3 Diameter of the coupler cavity 11 4.3 Verification procedure of the effective coupler volume 11 4.3.1 General . 11 4.3.2 Test set-up 11 4.3.3 Effective volume of the coupler under test 11 4.4 Measuring microphone 12 4.4.1 General . 12 4.4.2 Preferred micropho
8、ne . 12 4.4.3 Alternative microphones . 12 4.5 Static pressure equalisation vent . 12 5 Calibration . 12 5.1 Reference environmental conditions 12 5.2 Calibration procedure 13 6 Coupling of receivers and hearing aids to the coupler . 13 6.1 Coupling to a hearing aid receiver by means of tubing . 13
9、6.2 Coupling to a hearing aid embedded in or connected to an earmould 13 6.3 Coupling to a receiver in the canal (RIC hearing aid) 14 6.4 Coupling to a BTE hearing aid with 2 mm continuous internal diameter tubing . 15 6.5 Coupling to a BTE hearing aid with earmould simulator 16 6.6 Coupling to a BT
10、E hearing aid with thin tubing . 17 7 Transfer impedance of the 0,4 cm 3coupler 18 8 Comparison of the 0,4 cm 3 , the 2 cm 3coupler and the occluded-ear simulator . 19 8.1 Sound pressure level frequency response curves . 19 8.2 Comparison of the coupler impedance with typical source impedances . 20
11、8.3 Influence of sound source impedance on measured level difference between the 0,4 cm 3coupler and the 2 cm 3coupler 21 9 Maximum permitted expanded uncertainty for coupler conformance testing . 22 10 Measurements using the 0,4 cm 3coupler . 23 10.1 General . 23 10.2 Test enclosure and test equipm
12、ent 23 10.3 Extended frequency range for total harmonic distortion measurements . 23 10.4 Presentation of data 24 10.4.1 General . 24 PD IEC/TS 62886:2016IEC TS 62886:2016 IEC 2016 3 10.4.2 Presentation as 0,4 cm 3coupler data . 24 10.4.3 Presentation as normalised to 2 cm 3coupler data 24 10.5 Maxi
13、mum permitted expanded uncertainty of measurements performed using the 0,4 cm 3coupler . 24 Annex A (informative) Response transforms between the 0,4 cm 3coupler and the occluded-ear simulator . 26 A.1 General . 26 A.2 Simulation model of the human ear and approximation of /2 resonances . 26 A.3 Mea
14、sured and simulated transform responses of a standard-fitting . 28 A.4 Transform curves for CIC-fitting and deep-insertion-fitting 29 Annex B (informative) Measurement and modelling of the transfer impedance of the 0,4 cm 3coupler . 33 B.1 Measurement procedure 33 B.1.1 Transfer impedance . 33 B.1.2
15、 Calibration of the volume velocity source at 250 Hz 33 B.1.3 Calibration of the volume velocity source over the frequency range from 100 Hz to 60 kHz . 34 B.1.4 Test set-up for measuring the coupler transfer impedance 34 B.2 Measurement of the coupler transfer impedance 35 B.3 Electrical analogue r
16、epresentation of the coupler as a tube model 38 Bibliography . 41 Figure 1 Mechanical design of the 0,4 cm 3coupler, shown with removable coupling plate with a nipple for the attachment of coupling tubing 10 Figure 2 Coupling to a hearing aid receiver by means of coupling tubing . 13 Figure 3 Coupli
17、ng to an ITE hearing aid 14 Figure 4 Coupling to a receiver in the canal (RIC hearing aid) . 15 Figure 5 Coupling to a BTE hearing aid with 2 mm continuous internal diameter tubing . 16 Figure 6 Coupling to a BTE hearing aid with earmould simulator . 17 Figure 7 Coupling to a BTE hearing aid with th
18、in coupling tubing 18 Figure 8 Magnitude frequency response of the transfer impedance frequency and the related equivalent volume 19 Figure 9 Comparative measurement of the 0,4 cm 3coupler, the 2 cm 3coupler and the occluded-ear simulator frequency responses . 20 Figure 10 Magnitude frequency respon
19、ses of acoustic impedance of the 2 cm 3 , the 0,4 cm 3coupler and various hearing aid types 21 Figure 11 Deviation from the normalized coupler volume ratio as a function of the effective volume of the sound source V s22 Figure A.1 Electrical analogue model of the human ear . 27 Figure A.2 Measured t
20、ransform response of a standard-fitting . 28 Figure A.3 Comparison between the measured and the simulated standard-fitting transform response . 29 Figure A.4 Transform responses for (a) standard-fitting, b) CIC-fitting and (c) deep- insertion-fitting 30 Figure B.1 Test set-up for measuring the coupl
21、er transfer impedance . 35 Figure B.2 Average frequency response of 8 coupler measurements . 35 Figure B.3 Average transfer impedance of the 0,4 cm 3coupler . 36 PD IEC/TS 62886:2016 4 IEC TS 62886:2016 IEC 2016 Figure B.4 Transfer impedance times frequency re 1 Pa/m 3 in dB and as equivalent volume
22、 in mm 3in the frequency range 100 Hz to 60 kHz . 36 Figure B.5 Electrical analogue model based on a tube model 39 Figure B.6 Comparison between the measured (solid line) and the simulated (dashed line) transfer impedance . 39 Figure B.7 Frequency responses of simulated 0,4 cm 3coupler input and tra
23、nsfer impedances 40 Table 1 Values of U maxfor basic measurements 23 Table 2 Distortion test frequencies and input sound pressure levels 24 Table 3 Values of U maxfor basic measurements 25 Table A.1 Transform data for standard-fitting (fitting at reference plane), CIC-fitting and deep-insertion-fitt
24、ing 31 Table B.1 Transfer impedance of the 0,4 cm 3coupler in the frequency range from 100 Hz to 60 kHz 37 PD IEC/TS 62886:2016IEC TS 62886:2016 IEC 2016 5 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ ELECTROACOUSTICS HEARING AIDS METHOD FOR MEASURING ELECTROACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE UP TO 16 kHz FOREWORD
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42、ement in hearing aid design makes it possible to increase the bandwidth of hearing aids up to 16 kHz. Accordingly, there is a need for an accurate and yet robust measurement method for the transducer (receiver, earphone) designer, the hearing aid designer, and the fitter of hearing aids. The 2 cm 3c
43、oupler as described in IEC 60318-5 is only suitable for measurements up to 8 kHz. The limitation is caused by unfavourable acoustic modes of the coupler. The occluded-ear simulator as described in IEC 60318-4 simulates the average human external ear up to 8 kHz, and can be used as a test coupler up
44、to 16 kHz. The occluded ear- simulator is designed for a specific insertion depth of the earmould, which is associated with a half-wavelength /2 resonance at about 13,5 kHz. This half-wavelength resonance degrades the reproducibility of measurement results in that frequency range and harmonic distor
45、tion measurements made at corresponding multiples of the resonance frequency. Also, this resonance represents a complex load to the hearing aid transducer, which makes it more difficult to differentiate between transducer and load related effects. The effective internal volume of the coupler describ
46、ed in this Technical Specification is 0,4 cm 3 , which is small enough not to produce any resonance in the frequency range below 16 kHz. The frequency response of the magnitude of acoustic impedance follows a pattern of a capacitive load up to about 30 kHz. With a sufficiently high source impedance
47、and a sufficiently small coupling volume, the 0,4 cm 3coupler produces an approximately 14 dB higher output at 1 kHz in comparison to data obtained with the 2 cm 3coupler. The coupler described in this document will allow the characterisation of hearing aids and transducers, including the verificati
48、on of simulation models, up to 16 kHz. 0,4 cm 3is also approximately the residual volume of the ear canal when fitted with a CIC hearing aid (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid, making this coupler particularly useful for this application. In combination with an appropriate real-ear probe micropho
49、ne measurement, the 0,4 cm 3coupler will enable the derivation of real-ear to coupler difference (RECD) up to 16 kHz. PD IEC/TS 62886:2016 8 IEC TS 62886:2016 IEC 2016 ELECTROACOUSTICS HEARING AIDS METHOD FOR MEASURING ELECTROACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE UP TO 16 kHz 1 Scope IEC TS 62886, which is a Technical Specification, describes a coupler and measurement methods to characterise the electroacoustic performance of hearing aids and insert earpho
