Recognized standard

S3.42-2012/Part 2/ IEC 60118-15:2012 (R2020)

FDA recognition 4-204 · ANSI · Dental/ENT

Key facts

Recognition number 4-204
Designation S3.42-2012/Part 2/ IEC 60118-15:2012 (R2020)
Title American National Standard Testing Hearing Aids - Part 2: Methods for characterizing signal processing in hearing aids with a speech-like signal (a nationally adopted international standard)
Standards developer American National Standards Institute
Specialty area Dental/ENT
Date of entry Aug 6, 2013
Device classes Class 1, Class 2
Scope (excerpt) This American National Standard specifies a test signal designed to represent normal speech, the International Speech Test Signal (ISTS), together with the procedures and the requirements for measuring the characteristics of signal processing in air-conduction hearing aids. The measurements are used…

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