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Operating Instructions MA 42

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Table of Content ............................................................................... Page

1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 3

2 Description ............................................................................................... 4

3 Getting Started ........................................................................................ 5

3.1 Unpacking the instrument ..................................................................... 5

3.4 Rear panel connections .......................................................................... 7

4. Working with the MA 42 ......................................................................... 8

4.1 Using the control panel of the MA 42 .................................................... 8

4.2 Functionality of Operating Elements ....................................................... 9

4.3 The display of the MA 42 ..................................................................... 11

5 Measurement Methods of Audiometry .................................................... 12

5.1 Tone Audiometry ................................................................................. 12

5.1.1 Pure-tone Testing .......................................................................... 13

5.1.2 High tone audiometry (optional) .................................................... 16

5.1.2 Bone conduction testing ............................................................... 16

5.1.3 Sound Field Testing ....................................................................... 17

5.1.4 Uncomfortable Loudness (UCL) Testing .......................................... 18

5.1.5 Most Comfortable Loudness (MCL) ................................................ 18

5.1.6 The SISI Test .................................................................................. 18

5.1.7 The Threshold Decay (Carhart) Test ................................................ 21

5.1.8 ABLB ............................................................................................ 22

5.1.9 MLB .............................................................................................. 22

5.1.10 Stenger ....................................................................................... 23

5.1.11 Langenbeck ................................................................................ 24

5.2 Speech Audiometry ............................................................................. 25

5.2.1 Input Calibration ........................................................................... 25

5.2.2 Performing the Test ....................................................................... 26

5.2.3 Speech Audiometry with Microphone or CD Player ........................ 27

5.2.4 Speech Audiometry with WAVE Files ............................................. 28

5.2.5 Masking ....................................................................................... 29

5.2.6 Speech in noise tests ..................................................................... 29

5.2.7 Master Hearing Aid (MHA) ............................................................ 30

5.3 Monitoring .......................................................................................... 31

5.4 Talk Forward ....................................................................................... 31

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