S3/WG48

Working Group on Hearing Aids

Scope: Develop and maintain standards for the objective measurement of hearing aids. Communication and liaison with related ANSI WGs. Liaison with the corresponding IEC and standards group. Coordination of the US vote on related or parallel international standards. Follow and report on current research and industry developments in this field. Currently, these standards are:

ANSI S3.22-2014 American National Standard Specification of Hearing Aid Characteristics

ANSI S3.35-1985 (R2015) American National Standard Method of Measurement of Performance Characteristics of Hearing Aids Under Simulated in-situ Working Conditions

ANSI/ASA S3.37 – Preferred Earhook Nozzle Thread for Postauricular Hearing Aids

ANSI/ASA S3.42-Part 1 – Testing Hearing Aids with a Broad-Band Noise Signal

ANSI/ASA S3.42-Part 2 / IEC 60118-15 – Testing Hearing Aids – Part 2: Methods for Characterizing Signal Processing in Hearing Aids with a Speech-like Signal

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