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Types of Headphones

Pros Cons
  • Standard with most audiometers
  • Less expensive than disposable foam tips
  • Easy to use
  • May be uncomfortable
  • Does not block out noise as well as other headphones
  • Poor interaural attenuation
  • May cause collapsed ear canals during testing
  • Less reliable for test-retest of 6-8 kHz
Pros Cons
    • Standard with most audiometers
    • Avoids causing collapsed ear canals
    • Better interaural attenuation
    • Blocks out noise better than TDH
    • Three sizes: small/pediatric, medium/adult, large/jumbo
  • Higher cost to continually replenish
Pros Cons
  • Blocks out noise well
  • May test high frequencies up to 20 kHz
  • Comes with some portable hearing test systems
  • May be expensive (depending on the type)
  • May be heavy
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Infection Control

Infection Control guidelines may vary in different areas and local and up-to-date preferred practice guidelines should be taught.

Instructors not familiar with infection control should become familiar with the regulations for their area and could register for overview information presented by audiologyonline on this topic such as:

https://www.audiologyonline.com/audiology-ceus/course/infection-control-current-trends-for-29121

Or review

AU Bankaitis in Handbook of clinical audiology/ editor-in-chief, Jack Katz, editors, Marshall Chasin, Kristina English, Linda J. Hood, Kim L. Tillery. – Seventh edition (2015).  pp: 861-868 Chapter 46 Infection Control

Resources

Headphones (Traditional)

Handbook of clinical audiology/ editor-in-chief, Jack Katz, editors, Marshall Chasin,
Kristina English, Linda J. Hood, Kim L. Tillery. – Seventh edition (2015). Section 1 Basic Tests and Procedures: Equipment Transducers pp: 32-33

Headphones (ALTERNATIVE)

Folkeard, P., Hawkins, M., Scollie, S, Sheikh, B. & Parsa, V. (2019). An evaluation of the
Sennheiser HDA 280-cL circumaural headphone for use in audiometric testing. IJA, 58(7), 427-433. doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1594415


Smull, C.C., Madsen, B. & Magolis, R.H. (2019). Evaluation of two circumaural earphones
for audiometry. Ear and Hearing, 40(1), 177-183. doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000585ttp://doi.org/10.1097/A


Van der Aerschot, M., Swanepoel, D.W., Mahomed-Asmail, F, Myburgh, H.C. & Eikelboom,
R.H. (2016). Affordable headphones for accessible screening audiometry: an evaluation of the Sennheiser HD202II supra-aural headphone. IJA, 55(11), 616-622. doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2016.1214756

Standards

Handbook of clinical audiology/ editor-in-chief, Jack Katz, editors, Marshall Chasin, Kristina English, Linda J. Hood, Kim L. Tillery. – Seventh edition (2015).  ANSI, IEC and ISO Standards Table 2.1. p.11