Archives of Acoustics, 7, 3-4, pp. 197-206, 1982

Application of an automatic audiometer in the measurement of the directional characteristic of hearing

Jan ŻERA
Chopin Academy of Music
Poland

Tomira BOEHM
Chopin Academy of Music
Poland

Tomasz ŁĘTOWSKI
Chopin Academy of Music
Poland

This paper describes a new version of the automatic audiometer with electronic level control, adopted for the measurement of the directional characteristic of hearing. It also presents the results of the preliminary investigations of the directionality of hearing under the conditions of the threshold stimulation by a tone and by narrow-band noise.
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