scope:

This part of ISO 8253 specifies procedures and requirements for air conduction and bone conduction threshold audiometry. For screening purposes, only air conduction pure tone audiometric test methods are described. The procedures may not be appropriate for special populations, for example very young children. Some audiometric procedures need to be carried out at levels above the hearing threshold levels of the subjects. These and other tests are not described in this part of ISO 8253. Procedures and requirements for speech audiometry, electrophysiological audiometry, and where loudspeakers are used as a sound source are not specified. Air conduction threshold audiometry for hearing conservation purposes is described in ISO 6189.