Recognized standard

S3.21-2004 (Reaffirmed 2019)

FDA recognition 4-167 · ANSI · Dental/ENT

Key facts

Recognition number 4-167
Designation S3.21-2004 (Reaffirmed 2019)
Title American National Standard Methods for Manual Pure-Tone Threshold Audiometry
Standards developer American National Standards Institute
Specialty area Dental/ENT
Date of entry Aug 6, 2013
Device classes Class 2, Class 1, Class 3
Scope (excerpt) Pure-tone threshold audiometry is the procedure used in the assessment of an individual's threshold of hearing for pure tones. Pure-tone threshold audiometry includes manual air-conduction measurements at octave intervals from 250 through 8000 Hz and at intermediate frequencies as needed. When…

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