6.80  biological check; diagnostic listening. Listening and perceptually evaluating an acoustic signal to determine if the signal sounds normal.

Annotation         Typically conducted on an 14.04  audiometer. Electronic instrument for measuring hearing sensitivity, specifically hearing levels, as a function of frequency.

" href="https://asastandards.org/terms/audiometer/" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">audiometer on a daily basis. Involves listening for such extraneous signals as hum, static, frequency change, sound pressure level change; could also involve obtaining self-thresholds.

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