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Measuring Hearing Protection Devices To ANSI S3.19 1974 Standard

This sequence measures the Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) of hearing protection devices according to the ANSI S3.19-1974 standard. It takes unoccluded and occluded measurements of the test fixture using pink noise and analyzes the results. The final display shows the NRR, spectra of the measurements, average attenuation level, and standard deviation of the device. It can recall previous data and has options to save measurements.

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Measuring Hearing Protection Devices To ANSI S3.19 1974 Standard

This sequence measures the Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) of hearing protection devices according to the ANSI S3.19-1974 standard. It takes unoccluded and occluded measurements of the test fixture using pink noise and analyzes the results. The final display shows the NRR, spectra of the measurements, average attenuation level, and standard deviation of the device. It can recall previous data and has options to save measurements.

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Transforming Sound into Knowledge

Sequence Note

Measuring Hearing Protection Devices to ANSI


S3.19-1974 Standard

Introduction
This sequence is used to measure the NRR, or Noise Reduction Rating, of a hearing protection device to the
ANSI S3.19-1974 standard. NRR is a numerical representation of the sound attenuation of a device. The
sequence first measures the response spectrum of the unoccluded hearing protector test fixture, then makes a
second measurement with the hearing protection DUT affixed. A signal generator virtual instrument generates the
pink noise stimulus while an RTA virtual instrument simultaneously records the A and C weighted noise
spectrums. The unoccluded and occluded measurements are analyzed with a series of post-processing steps
according to the ANSI S3.19-1974 standard. The final display shows the NRR numerical value, RTA spectra of
the left and right side of the unoccluded and occluded hearing test fixture, average attenuation level of the DUT,
and the standard deviation of the DUT on the test fixture.
The sequence will prompt the user to recall previously saved unoccluded measurements and standard deviation
values, saving time if the test fixture and DUT have been measured previously. When a new unoccluded
measurement is taken, the user has the option to save these measurements for a future data recall.

Final Display for ANSI S3.19-1974 standard measurement on a hearing protection device

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Hardware Requirements
● Hearing Protection Test Fixture or equivalent Head Simulator
● Source Speaker with minimum frequency range of 100hz - 10kHz
● Listen SCM-4 Reference Microphone (Listen p/n 4012) or equivalent (only for calibration)
● Listen AmpConnect ISC (Listen p/n 4042) or equivalent: req. 2-3 input with IEPE power, 1 output

Software Requirements
SoundCheck 19

Hardware Setup & Calibration


1. Connect the reference microphone to input 1 of the audio interface.
2. Calibrate the reference microphone as instructed in the SoundCheck manual.
3. Position the reference microphone as close to one side of the hearing protector test fixture as possible
and calibrate the source speaker as instructed in the SoundCheck manual.
4. Disconnect the reference microphone and connect the hearing protector test fixture to your audio
interface; left side into input 1, right side into input 2
You are ready to start the sequence.

System Diagram

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Sequence Logic
Type Step Name # Out In
Mes x=3k 1 // Create x=3k
Mes x=4k 2
Mes x=6k 3 // Create x=6k
Mes x=8k 4
Mes Operator Dialog 5
Mes Operator Dialog 6 // Prompt operator to recall example data
Rec Recall curves 7 // Recall example data
Rec Recall curves 8
Pos Curve Subtraction 9 // Create Dummy x Value
Mes Number of Trials 10
// Prompts operator to recall previously saved unoccluded ear
Mes Operator Dialog 11 curves
Rec Recall curves 12 // Recall previously saved unoccluded ear curves
Mes Operator Message 13
Acq Virtual Instruments 14 Source Speaker Ear Sim L Ear Sim L Ear Sim R Ear Sim R
Pos Windowing 15
Mes Operator Dialog 16 // Prompts operator to save unoccluded ear curves
Aut Save to Dat - Append 17 // Autosave Unoccluded Ear Curves
Mes Operator Message 18 // Prompts operator to place DUT on test fixture
Acq Virtual Instruments 19 Source Speaker Ear Sim L Ear Sim R
Pos Windowing 20
Sta Curves 21
Lim Loop Index 22
Mes Operator Message 23
Dis Measurements 24
Com comment 25 - 62 // Attenuation Curve Post-processing
Lim Single Value - Lower Only 63 // Limit step for Std. Deviation jump logic
Com comment 64 - 101 // Standard Deviation Curve Post-processing
Aut Save to Dat - Overwrite 102
Rec Recall curves 103
Pos Curve Division 104
Pos Curve Division 105 // APV98 [L]
Pos Curve Division 106
Pos Curve Division 107 // APV98 [R]
Pos Curve Division 108 // Occluded Ear [L] A Wgt. / APV98 [L]
Pos Curve Division 109 // Occluded Ear [R] A Wgt. / APV98 [R]
Pos Power sum 110 // Power Sum C Weighted Unoccluded Ears
Pos Power sum 111 // Power Sum Occluded Ear A Wgt. / APV98
Pos Curve Division 112 // Unoccluded Ear C Wgt. Sum / (Occluded Ear A Wgt / APV98)) [L]
Pos Curve Minus Constant dB 113 // Above -3dB
Pos Curve Division 114 // Unoccluded Ear C Wgt. Sum / (Occluded Ear A Wgt / APV98)) [R]

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Pos Curve Minus Constant dB 115 // Above -3dB
Dis Final 116

Further sequence development


To further develop the sequence, you can:
▪ Use multiple loudspeakers to create a noise field around the DUT, instead of a single source speaker
▪ Add a step to autosave data

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