Pure-tone audiometric thresholds of young and older adults

Kenji Kurakata; Tazu Mizunami; Kazuma Matsushita

doi:10.1250/ast.27.114

Pure-tone audiometric thresholds of young and older adults

Kenji Kurakata^*, Tazu Mizunami, Kazuma Matsushita

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Abstract

Hearing sensitivity of otologically normal persons declines with their age. The pure-tone audiometric threshold of hearing of different age group of people is described. ISO 7029 reveals hearing sensitivity declines as a deviation from the threshold of 18-year-people. The average threshold value agreed well in this studies for young people of 20 years old and old people of 60 years old. In the physchoacoustic experiment the monaural air-condition threshold was measured with a pure-tone audiometer in a sound proof room excluding certain audiological abnormalities. The study confirms that people in recent years have a different auditory profile with better hearing ability at higher frequencies and the it is prominent particularly in case of males.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	114-116
Number of pages	3
Journal	Acoustical Science and Technology
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.27.114
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aging effect
Hearing threshold
ISO 7029
Pure-tone audiometry

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Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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