AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Testing Environment

• Most hearing testing is performed in a sound treated booth • Sound booths are not sound-proof • Sound booths come in a variety of sizes • Sound booths may be a single room where the tester sits outside and the patient inside

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Testing Environment

• A sound suite has two adjoining sound treated rooms - the tester sits in one while the patient sits in another.

• Sound booths must meet standards set by ANSI in1999, which govern the amount of sound attenuation within the booth and the acceptable levels of noise within the booth.

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Testing Environment

• Single walled sound booths are acceptable when placed in quiet surroundings

• Double walled sound suites are more appropriate for less protected surroundings

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