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FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT
EVALUATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT HEADSETS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE
APPLICATION
CONTRACT NAS-9 14824
DATA ITEM - MA-129T
OCTOBER 1976
TELEPHONICS CORPORATION 770 PARK AVE
HUNTINGTON NEW YORK
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
Pictoral Description of Headsets
Description of Test Methods
1 Intelligibility
A Earphones
i General ii Screening of Subjects
iii Training of Subjects
B Microphones
2 Frequency Response amp Sensitivity
A Microphone
B Earphone
3 Distortion
4 Impedance
T Data Results Section
A Rank Order of Earphones
B Rank Order of Microphones
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
D Earphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
E Impedance
F Weight
G Distortion
H Wearer Comfort
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Appendices
A Sample Letter to Respective suppliers
B List of Manufacturers Solicited
C Subject Audiograms
D Microphone Measuring System
E Earphone Measuring System
F Raw Data
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study were to obtain contemporary lightweight headsets currently being manufactured and evaluate them for
o Intelligibility o Frequency Response o Sensitivity
o Distortion o Noise Isolation o Acoustic Quality o Weight
o Wearer Confort
Thirty two letters a sample of which is in Appendix A were sent to manufacturers (See Appendix B) of commercial and military headsets Five of the manufacturers responded affirmatively with a total of eight headsets for evaluation
Each headset was rank ordered for the catagories where statistically significant numbers were obtained Subjective comments were good fair or poor when applied to human factors critiques
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I Pictoral Description of Headsets
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Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
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Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
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TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
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APPENDI CIES
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
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X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
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NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
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4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT
EVALUATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT HEADSETS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE
APPLICATION
CONTRACT NAS-9 14824
DATA ITEM - MA-129T
OCTOBER 1976
TELEPHONICS CORPORATION 770 PARK AVE
HUNTINGTON NEW YORK
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
Pictoral Description of Headsets
Description of Test Methods
1 Intelligibility
A Earphones
i General ii Screening of Subjects
iii Training of Subjects
B Microphones
2 Frequency Response amp Sensitivity
A Microphone
B Earphone
3 Distortion
4 Impedance
T Data Results Section
A Rank Order of Earphones
B Rank Order of Microphones
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
D Earphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
E Impedance
F Weight
G Distortion
H Wearer Comfort
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Appendices
A Sample Letter to Respective suppliers
B List of Manufacturers Solicited
C Subject Audiograms
D Microphone Measuring System
E Earphone Measuring System
F Raw Data
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study were to obtain contemporary lightweight headsets currently being manufactured and evaluate them for
o Intelligibility o Frequency Response o Sensitivity
o Distortion o Noise Isolation o Acoustic Quality o Weight
o Wearer Confort
Thirty two letters a sample of which is in Appendix A were sent to manufacturers (See Appendix B) of commercial and military headsets Five of the manufacturers responded affirmatively with a total of eight headsets for evaluation
Each headset was rank ordered for the catagories where statistically significant numbers were obtained Subjective comments were good fair or poor when applied to human factors critiques
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I Pictoral Description of Headsets
Avid
LT-730 Manufacturer
Model Microphone Dynamic first
order Gradient
CircumauralEarphone dynamic
TelexManufacturer Model 5x5
Microphone Electret First Order
Gradient Ear Insert MagneticEarphone
to
I Manufacturer Model Microphone
Earphone
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I Manufacturer Telex Model TAM-29 Earphone Supraaural dynamic
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NOF
Sennheiser HMD 110 Dynamic super cardiod Circumaural dynamic
ORIGINAL
POOR QUA
Manufacturer Roanwell Model 125610
Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
Manufacturer Model Earphone
Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
I
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Manufacturer Sennheiser
Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
magnetic Microphone Electret First
order gradient
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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III Data Section
A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
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MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
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2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
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+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
Pictoral Description of Headsets
Description of Test Methods
1 Intelligibility
A Earphones
i General ii Screening of Subjects
iii Training of Subjects
B Microphones
2 Frequency Response amp Sensitivity
A Microphone
B Earphone
3 Distortion
4 Impedance
T Data Results Section
A Rank Order of Earphones
B Rank Order of Microphones
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
D Earphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
E Impedance
F Weight
G Distortion
H Wearer Comfort
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Appendices
A Sample Letter to Respective suppliers
B List of Manufacturers Solicited
C Subject Audiograms
D Microphone Measuring System
E Earphone Measuring System
F Raw Data
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study were to obtain contemporary lightweight headsets currently being manufactured and evaluate them for
o Intelligibility o Frequency Response o Sensitivity
o Distortion o Noise Isolation o Acoustic Quality o Weight
o Wearer Confort
Thirty two letters a sample of which is in Appendix A were sent to manufacturers (See Appendix B) of commercial and military headsets Five of the manufacturers responded affirmatively with a total of eight headsets for evaluation
Each headset was rank ordered for the catagories where statistically significant numbers were obtained Subjective comments were good fair or poor when applied to human factors critiques
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I Pictoral Description of Headsets
Avid
LT-730 Manufacturer
Model Microphone Dynamic first
order Gradient
CircumauralEarphone dynamic
TelexManufacturer Model 5x5
Microphone Electret First Order
Gradient Ear Insert MagneticEarphone
to
I Manufacturer Model Microphone
Earphone
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Sennheiser HMD 110 Dynamic super cardiod Circumaural dynamic
ORIGINAL
POOR QUA
Manufacturer Roanwell Model 125610
Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
Manufacturer Model Earphone
Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Manufacturer Sennheiser
Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
magnetic Microphone Electret First
order gradient
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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III Data Section
A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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167 245 18 22 22 11
NOISE (X)
952 940 872 824 810 748
268 316 99 16 45 11
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity Figures
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circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
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1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
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250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
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476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
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tr-= 316
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X
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64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
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x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
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90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
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96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
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94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
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x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
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80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
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92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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461 568
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HMD414
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100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
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50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
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300 1856
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C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
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90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
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384 24
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88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
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84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
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ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
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92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
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30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
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LT-730
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96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
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50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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Appendices
A Sample Letter to Respective suppliers
B List of Manufacturers Solicited
C Subject Audiograms
D Microphone Measuring System
E Earphone Measuring System
F Raw Data
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study were to obtain contemporary lightweight headsets currently being manufactured and evaluate them for
o Intelligibility o Frequency Response o Sensitivity
o Distortion o Noise Isolation o Acoustic Quality o Weight
o Wearer Confort
Thirty two letters a sample of which is in Appendix A were sent to manufacturers (See Appendix B) of commercial and military headsets Five of the manufacturers responded affirmatively with a total of eight headsets for evaluation
Each headset was rank ordered for the catagories where statistically significant numbers were obtained Subjective comments were good fair or poor when applied to human factors critiques
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I Pictoral Description of Headsets
Avid
LT-730 Manufacturer
Model Microphone Dynamic first
order Gradient
CircumauralEarphone dynamic
TelexManufacturer Model 5x5
Microphone Electret First Order
Gradient Ear Insert MagneticEarphone
to
I Manufacturer Model Microphone
Earphone
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Sennheiser HMD 110 Dynamic super cardiod Circumaural dynamic
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Manufacturer Roanwell Model 125610
Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
Manufacturer Model Earphone
Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
magnetic Microphone Electret First
order gradient
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A s V
II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
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315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
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G Distortion
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measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
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74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
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96 18 64
476 528
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48 -2 4
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36 -14 196
54 4 16
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X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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QUIET
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98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
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88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
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A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study were to obtain contemporary lightweight headsets currently being manufactured and evaluate them for
o Intelligibility o Frequency Response o Sensitivity
o Distortion o Noise Isolation o Acoustic Quality o Weight
o Wearer Confort
Thirty two letters a sample of which is in Appendix A were sent to manufacturers (See Appendix B) of commercial and military headsets Five of the manufacturers responded affirmatively with a total of eight headsets for evaluation
Each headset was rank ordered for the catagories where statistically significant numbers were obtained Subjective comments were good fair or poor when applied to human factors critiques
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I Pictoral Description of Headsets
Avid
LT-730 Manufacturer
Model Microphone Dynamic first
order Gradient
CircumauralEarphone dynamic
TelexManufacturer Model 5x5
Microphone Electret First Order
Gradient Ear Insert MagneticEarphone
to
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Sennheiser HMD 110 Dynamic super cardiod Circumaural dynamic
ORIGINAL
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Manufacturer Roanwell Model 125610
Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
Manufacturer Model Earphone
Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
magnetic Microphone Electret First
order gradient
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
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G Distortion
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measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
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P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
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APPENDIX E
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
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X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
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tr-= 316
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98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
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64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
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x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
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80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
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92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
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96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
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50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
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98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
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74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
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C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
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94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
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96 18 64
476 528
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48 -2 4
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X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
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98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
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88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
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84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
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30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
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96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
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50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
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A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
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to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
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ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
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(Not all combination calculated)
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I Pictoral Description of Headsets
Avid
LT-730 Manufacturer
Model Microphone Dynamic first
order Gradient
CircumauralEarphone dynamic
TelexManufacturer Model 5x5
Microphone Electret First Order
Gradient Ear Insert MagneticEarphone
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Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
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Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
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250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
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NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
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QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
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x _x
x-x 2
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98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
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NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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I Manufacturer Model Microphone
Earphone
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Sennheiser HMD 110 Dynamic super cardiod Circumaural dynamic
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Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
Manufacturer Model Earphone
Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
magnetic Microphone Electret First
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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167 245 18 22 22 11
NOISE (X)
952 940 872 824 810 748
268 316 99 16 45 11
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity Figures
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
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250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
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476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
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X = 980 V= 6
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98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
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CI= 1095
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64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
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90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
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96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
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x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
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80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
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oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
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461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
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100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
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50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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300 1856
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UNEX HS-2A
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90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
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66 16 256
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384 24
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X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
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84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
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92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
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30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
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96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
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50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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Manufacturer Roanwell Model 125610
Microphone Magnetic first order gradient
Earphone Magnetic Circushymaural
Manufacturer Model Earphone
Telex A610 Circumanural magnetic
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
magnetic Microphone Electret First
order gradient
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A s V
II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
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4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
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G Distortion
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measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
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P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
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MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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Model HMD 414 Microphone Dynamic super
cardiod Earphone Supraaural dynamic
UnexManufacturer Model HS-2A Earphone Single ear insert
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
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G Distortion
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measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
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P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
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APPENDIX E
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
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303
NOT S E
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
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98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
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NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
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88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
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84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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II Description of Test Methods
A Earphones
The method of measuremert presented herein was the PB (phonetically balanced) monosyllabic word tests The subjects listened in a quiet and in a noisy environment
0 General
Five subjects were used in the testing The listeners were seated in a semi reverberant room isolated from the talker The talker used a BampK condenser microphone with a foam breath shield The talker held the breath shield to his or hers lips and simultaneously viewed a VU meter to insure uniform talker sensitivity for the duration of the testing The listeners were allowed to adjust the volume level for each test until a comfortable level was achieved
Each headset had 5 listening tests in quiet and 5 listenshying tests in 90 dB of white noise
Actual measurements in the listening room were as listed
in Table A
TABLE A
SLM SETTING QUIET AMBIENT NOISE AMBIENT (DB) (DB)
A Weighting 36 91 C Weighting 63 91
315(HZ) 65 63 63 52 57
125 47 67 250 OCTAVE 37 81 500 BAND 32 85
1000 CENTER 22 84 2000 FREQUENCIES 22 85 4000 22 86 8000 22 76
16000 24 65
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
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250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
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X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
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X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
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64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
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80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
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92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
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96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
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X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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100 44 1936 478 832
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x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
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x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
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88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
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84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
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x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
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x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
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x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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0 Screening of Subject
The subjects were selected on the basis of a audiometric examination (Audiograms are in Appendix C) The tests were performed by a certified audiometrist The hearing loss of the selected subjects did not average more than 10dB
The talkers and listeners had no speech defects or strong accents The subjects were used no more than I hour each day to prevent inattentiveness and biased results which can accompany lengthy psychophysical testing
o Training of Subjects
The subjects were trained by reading PB word lists to each other in quiet face to face communication without the use of headsets These procedures were repeated until 96 or better scores were universally achieved
The subjects were then trained using a BampK consenser microphone and a Kass ESP-9 electrostatic headset until the same scoring efficiency was achieved
B Microphones
The method of measurement used the same subjects and ambient as was used for the earphone testing
The talker was seated in the semi reverberant room while the listener was isolated in another room The listener used a pair of Koss ESP-9 electrostatic earphones and was allowed to adjust the level until comfortable
The talker positioned the micro phones inch from their lips and was presented with sidetone to the headset Five tests were taken in quiet and in 90 dB of white noise
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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NOISE (X)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
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1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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2 Frequency ResponseSensitivity
A Microphone
A constant SPL of 94dB was used to excite the microphone under test A BampK system illustrated in Appendix D was used to sweep the frequency and to record the microphone output The sensishytivity was recorded as EP
The microphones were measured under open circuit condition The sensitivity in dB re 1VNm 2 and the EOL rating are given on the response curves The EOL rating will give the sensitivity data in terms of power to allow comparison of the microphones with different impedances
EOL = 20 log E -10 Log R + 24 (Effective Output Level)
where E = open circuit microphone output in volts when SPL is 10 dynes cm2 or 1 Newtonm 2 or I Pascal or 94dB SPL
R = microphone impedance in ohms
B Earphone
A constant source of I milliwatt was fed to the earphone under test A General Radio system illustrated in Appendix E was used to sweep the frequency and to record the earphones output
A flat plate coupler using a BampK inch microphone was used to couple the headset to the recording microphone The earphone response curves shown in the DATA SECTION are not to be construed to represent how the ear senses the earphone output There is at present no coupler that can claim recognition as a true artificial ear although some do approximate subjective data at the lower frequencies The curves are taken so that an AB type comparison can be made between earphones as to their general efficiency and frequency response
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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AUDIO 1 Z EARPHONE OSCILLATOR
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III Data Section
A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
(
167 245 18 22 22 11
NOISE (X)
952 940 872 824 810 748
268 316 99 16 45 11
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity Figures
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
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NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
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QUIET
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98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
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X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
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x _x
x-x 2
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98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
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x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
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x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
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707
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x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
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x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
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x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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3 Distortion
Distortion measurements were made at 300 1000 and 3000 HZ using the test set up described above with the addition-of a Hewlett Packeard model 333 distortion analyzer The SPL was held at 100 dB at the microphone and from the earphone for the distortion
measurements
4 Impedance
The impedance of the microphone was measured-using the 6dB down method ie The open circuit voltage was measured for a input SPL of 94 dB The microphone output was then loaded with a precision variable resistor The microphone impedance was taken as the reading variable resistor indicated when the initial microphone voltage measured was attenuated 60 dB
The earphone impedance was measured using the dual voltshymeter method The current in the circuitbelow was measured using a precision 10 ohm resistor The earphone impedance was then read directly on meter 2
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III Data Section
A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
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167 245 18 22 22 11
NOISE (X)
952 940 872 824 810 748
268 316 99 16 45 11
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity Figures
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
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X X-X (X-X)2
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476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
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98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
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X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
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QUIET
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494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
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Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
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x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
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x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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303
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
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96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
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X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
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x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
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x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
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x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
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x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
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x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
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x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
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10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
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INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
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The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
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HMD414
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UNEX HS-2A
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
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S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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III Data Section
A Rank Order of Earphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation (The best intelligibility in noise condition this deemed the best noise solation and is not to be construed as noise
attentuation of the heads3t)
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X) V1- NOISE (X)
1 TAH-29 968 303 922 376 2 125610 96 28 765 235 3 HMD110 94 71 704 185 4 5 x 5 956 46 60 215 5 LT-730 965 10 51 254 6 HS-2A 952 36 50 110 7 HMD414 976 26 448 129 8 A610 92 32 156 93
The statistical significance of the various measurements are shown in Appendix F together with the Raw Data
B Rank Order of Microphones for Intelligibility Noise Isolation
INTELLIGIBILITY QUIET (X)
I HMDII0 984 2 5 x 5 980 3 1MD414 988 4 125610 976 5 HS-2A 950 6 LT-730 988
(
167 245 18 22 22 11
NOISE (X)
952 940 872 824 810 748
268 316 99 16 45 11
C Microphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity Figures
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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TYPE 2603 12 o
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1rEW LE TT PACKARD
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
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303
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
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NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
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250
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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o-
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777
I- 1I4HL i 47 I~ I Z 1
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+ 0
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100 200
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500
L
1000
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2000
5000
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ltltl ilt ar TO -H4-4B I- --- 1 --L Z- -- - Ishy---- Bi --
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50 100 200 500 loon 2000 511000 10000 20000
2 5x5 MICROPHONE (AMPLIFIER IS ASSOCIATDI) WITH MICROPHONE
] -+Tr -T-- --ET - L r -i + -- J --I -
I j 4 shy i ---I zH shy-r --- ii+- - +
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74 -I shy0A
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50 100 200 3z500 1000 2Z33- 1r) 10000
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(19 VOLTS APPTIED ro AMHITrR)5 HS-2A MICROPHONE
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L T 7 3 ~6 5000 10000 20000500 1000 2000I 0 100 200
6 LT-730 MICROPHI-ONE
D Earphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
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2
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0_ = ++ -+ mtT _ ji 77+ ++++--
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4t
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
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0
0 -- 0
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4 40
2000
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70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
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[0 Haring Normlshy
0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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50 100 200 500 loon 2000 511000 10000 20000
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] -+Tr -T-- --ET - L r -i + -- J --I -
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6 LT-730 MICROPHI-ONE
D Earphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
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0
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AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
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NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
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96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
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50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
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MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
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(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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TYPE 2603 12 o
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MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
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x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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D Earphone Frequency Response and Sensitivity
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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TYPE 2603 12 o
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
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X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
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X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
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494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
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64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
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100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
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x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
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x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
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X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
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80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
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oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
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x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
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50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
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100 44 1936 478 832
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x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
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x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
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384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
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x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
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84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
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x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
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x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
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x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
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S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
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922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
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MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
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98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
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Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
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98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
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X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
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x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
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x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
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x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
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707
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x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
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x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
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x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
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2S2 = 54966 = 1374
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
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Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
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x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
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S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
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922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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4 40
2000
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S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
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98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
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Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
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x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
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Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
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MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
A DIVISION OFINSTRUAENT SYSTEMS CCMPORATION
1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDI CIES
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
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0
0 -- 0
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- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
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70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
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S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
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C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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1fi --- i ~
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
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- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
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70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
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lo - I I__ L- 4
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70 80
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110
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I
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Sorsal No lo
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_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
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A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
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TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
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GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
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N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
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500 2 020 2---0
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S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
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C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
A DIVISION OFINSTRUAENT SYSTEMS CCMPORATION
1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
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- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
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70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
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1500 110BL
3000 6000
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TGm_3000 6000
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ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
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I
curcg ONr ID)ANSI jl IsO [ IASA p
Tochniclan
Stotion ate
Audiometer
Sorsal No lo
4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
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RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
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A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
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Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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Z
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
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250
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APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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L L tz -f- I
1 ---- 1 11M
44I--+ L - f 1 r r -4-tj
1-7f- 7 8
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0 3 4 3 0 7891 2 a 4 s 67 897
FREQUENCY 1000IN CYCLES PER SECOND 10000 20(
Sb RIGHT
E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
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0
0 -- 0
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- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
5
0 0
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7 0 so
70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
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900
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TGm_3000 6000
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ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
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10 10 Soo--
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S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
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A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
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Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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E Impedance
HEADSET MICROPHONE (OHMS) EARPHONE (SINGLE)
1 HMD110 245 200 2 HMD414 235 2500 3 HS-2A 1000 740 4 5x5 40 (from decopling 980
circuit) 5 A610 No Mic 270 6 TAH-29 No Mic 320
7 LTV-730 300 270 8- 125610 190 280
F Headset Weight (Lightest to 1eaviest
1 HS-2A 33 grams plusmn10 2 5x5 210 gr ns 3 A610 240 gruns 4 HMD414 330 grams 5 125610 345 grains 6 TAH-29 360 grams 7 LT-730 430 grams 8 HMDII0 436 grams
G Distortion
The microphones and tarphones measured less than 5 distortion at the 100 dB SL lexel Since the noise figure of the BampK microphone is 46 dB SPL equ valent the lowest distortion measureshyment possible is 2 for tie earphones The Artifical voice of BampK is rated at less than 1 It was determined that the distortion levels of all microphones and eaiphoneswere satisfactory More stringent
measurements were deemed beyond the scope of this report
A DIVISION OFINSTRUAENT SYSTEMS CCMPORATION
1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMSNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
-shy
- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
5
0 0
01-2
0 ol 601r
7 0 so
70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
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ECK 00r AljNSI
) ISO
Tochnicl So
Stal on
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Sorial
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Hz EC1-rL IOSS
AUDIOGRAM JUNE 0 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
1L _0
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200 0 0
I
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10 20
405
S
4000 0 0 1 0 o
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AUDIOGRAM RESULTS
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0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
-shy
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RIGHNT 10 RED LEFTjX
70 80
900
90o 100
110
BLUE
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150
3 0 _____________
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to Cout Ear DoctorLU
CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
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TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
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Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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1 Wearer Comfort
The subjective comments concerning wearer comfort were taken after the headset had been worn in the test for intelligibility
SUBJECT 1 2 3 4 5 AVG
TAH-29 T F G F - G-HMDIO P G F F F F HMD414 P G G P F F LTV730 G G G G- G G 125610 F G G F F F+ A610 F G F F F F HS-2A P G G F F F+ 5x5 P P P P P P
P = POOR F = FAIR G = GOOD
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
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Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
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70 70 80
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S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
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Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
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PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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APPENDI CIES
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
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APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
-shy
- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
5
0 0
01-2
0 ol 601r
7 0 so
70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
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ECK 00r AljNSI
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Tochnicl So
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1L _0
HO S Soo2500
200 0 0
I
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10 20
405
S
4000 0 0 1 0 o
amp)00 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS
[0 Haring Normlshy
0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
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lo - I I__ L- 4
no - L t 11500 3000 6000
RIGHNT 10 RED LEFTjX
70 80
900
90o 100
110
BLUE
Q I
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Technicion _______________
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250
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150
3 0 _____________
00 0
- -o6 0t0
AUDIOGRAM RUSS G 250 500 1000 2000 400000
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CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
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TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
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RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
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600
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RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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770 PARK AVENUE HUNTINGTON NEW YORK 11743 (516)-549-6000 TWX 510-226-6983 Cable INSSYSTHTGN
ilaro 9 197c
Gentlemen
Telephonics has recently been awardeG a Government contract to develor a shymanufacture a state-of-the-art audio corimunication system for the Space Shuttle program
One aspect of this effort will be to evaluate a light weight headset (consisting of noise cancelling microphonc and earphones) currently available for parameters which will include intelligibility frequency response sensitivity distortion noise isolation acoustic quality reliability weight wearer comfort maintainability and environmental stamina
The test conditions have not been formally defined at this time ilowever all headsts will be tested under identical conditions using AITSI or military test procedures It is noted that Telephonics does not have a headset which will be part of this evaluation program
If you feel that you have a headset(s) suitable for the Space Shuttje program we would appreciate receiving a technical description together with price and delivery quotation for an evluation unit at your earliest convenience
Sincerely
TELEFHOIICS A Division of Instrument Systems Corporation
Ed Joscelyn Audio Products Engineering Manager ORIGU4AL PAGE IS
ADE OOR QUALMC
S OF~ CA DIVISION INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
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A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
-shy
- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
5
0 0
01-2
0 ol 601r
7 0 so
70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
CIo- of )mpoirn~nt
ECK 00r AljNSI
) ISO
Tochnicl So
Stal on
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Sorial
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Hz EC1-rL IOSS
AUDIOGRAM JUNE 0 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
1L _0
HO S Soo2500
200 0 0
I
-30 -4 -__--1--20t-3 40 -- _50 -shyj---2 4----
10 20
405
S
4000 0 0 1 0 o
amp)00 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS
[0 Haring Normlshy
0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
-shy
lo - I I__ L- 4
no - L t 11500 3000 6000
RIGHNT 10 RED LEFTjX
70 80
900
90o 100
110
BLUE
Q I
1117CKv
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Technicion _______________
AudiorneterStaion SovtoI No
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I JTO IN U SA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
H
250
woo- shy
^_ D __~
DECIBEL LOSS---DECBE LOSSRIbull L++EFT IK 110
150
3 0 _____________
00 0
- -o6 0t0
AUDIOGRAM RUSS G 250 500 1000 2000 400000
Ideg___- -0 -I _I10
I I I
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0 -shy__ _
5000
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CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
NSIAu~diometer --
TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
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600
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6000
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70
80
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RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
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Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
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I
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Tochniclan
Stotion ate
Audiometer
Sorsal No lo
4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX B
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS SOLICITED
Adec Inc David Clark Sennheiser J Ray Morris Tibbetts Industries Bolt Beranek amp Newman Dyna Magnetics Devices Allen Tel Products Altec Corp Altec Div Applied Magnetics Corp Astatic Corp Astro com Electronics Inc Audiosears Corp Avid Corp JC Carter Co Conrac Corp Turner Div Dobbs - Stanford Corp Dukano Corp Electro Vox Industries ultonElectrovoice Inc
Knowles Electronics Koss Corp Lear Siegler Inc Matsushita Panasonic Mura Corp Murdock Corp Philmore Mfg Co Plantronics Co Roanwell Corp Rye Industries Scintrex Inc Telex Communications Co
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMSNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
-shy
- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
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0 0
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70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
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0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
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70 80
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90o 100
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150
3 0 _____________
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CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
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TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
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RIGHT
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10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
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L5o so500
-2 20 _o
600
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70
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RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
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Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
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H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX C May 24 1976
TELEPHONICS SCREENING AUDIOMETER
THD-39 with MX41AR SPL FOR 60 DE HTL
NORMAL CAL LEVEL MEAL URED LEVEL FREQ (ANSI 1969) RD BLUE
250 HZ 855 870 835 500 HZ 715 710 695
1000 670 6(5 665 2000 690 6 O 670 3000 700 700 690 4000 695 695 685 6000 755 750 775
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMSNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
-shy
- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
5
0 0
01-2
0 ol 601r
7 0 so
70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
CIo- of )mpoirn~nt
ECK 00r AljNSI
) ISO
Tochnicl So
Stal on
n
Sorial
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Hz EC1-rL IOSS
AUDIOGRAM JUNE 0 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
1L _0
HO S Soo2500
200 0 0
I
-30 -4 -__--1--20t-3 40 -- _50 -shyj---2 4----
10 20
405
S
4000 0 0 1 0 o
amp)00 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS
[0 Haring Normlshy
0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
-shy
lo - I I__ L- 4
no - L t 11500 3000 6000
RIGHNT 10 RED LEFTjX
70 80
900
90o 100
110
BLUE
Q I
1117CKv
ONE r -AN 44OL ISO
Technicion _______________
AudiorneterStaion SovtoI No
r _ A Sh - I A Igot
I JTO IN U SA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
H
250
woo- shy
^_ D __~
DECIBEL LOSS---DECBE LOSSRIbull L++EFT IK 110
150
3 0 _____________
00 0
- -o6 0t0
AUDIOGRAM RUSS G 250 500 1000 2000 400000
Ideg___- -0 -I _I10
I I I
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C_4- _
0 -shy__ _
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CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
NSIAu~diometer --
TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
-2 20 _o
600
1~T -_i-------
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60
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6000
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70
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RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
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C-L-1 ED Heing Normal
Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
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I
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Tochniclan
Stotion ate
Audiometer
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4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A UD IOG RAM J OE 10 1
HI DECIEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000
250
RIGHT LEFT 01
0
0 -- 0
-shy
- - -
500 2 020 2---0
15
S 151
4 40
2000
20001
5
0 0
01-2
0 ol 601r
7 0 so
70 70 80
AUAjjOGRAM RESULTS0
S orAwad to Cosult Eor Doctor RIGHT 0 1 E
1500 110BL
3000 6000
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ECK 00r AljNSI
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Tochnicl So
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Hz EC1-rL IOSS
AUDIOGRAM JUNE 0 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
1L _0
HO S Soo2500
200 0 0
I
-30 -4 -__--1--20t-3 40 -- _50 -shyj---2 4----
10 20
405
S
4000 0 0 1 0 o
amp)00 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS
[0 Haring Normlshy
0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
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lo - I I__ L- 4
no - L t 11500 3000 6000
RIGHNT 10 RED LEFTjX
70 80
900
90o 100
110
BLUE
Q I
1117CKv
ONE r -AN 44OL ISO
Technicion _______________
AudiorneterStaion SovtoI No
r _ A Sh - I A Igot
I JTO IN U SA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
H
250
woo- shy
^_ D __~
DECIBEL LOSS---DECBE LOSSRIbull L++EFT IK 110
150
3 0 _____________
00 0
- -o6 0t0
AUDIOGRAM RUSS G 250 500 1000 2000 400000
Ideg___- -0 -I _I10
I I I
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C_4- _
0 -shy__ _
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I
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0
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CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
NSIAu~diometer --
TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
-2 20 _o
600
1~T -_i-------
t
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60
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3000
6000
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10 Z
0 70sos 80
90
-
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-
60
70
80
90
Id
S AUDIOGRAM _10
RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
o
C-L-1 ED Heing Normal
Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
Cl05 of Inpohrmont
I
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Tochniclan
Stotion ate
Audiometer
Sorsal No lo
4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Hz EC1-rL IOSS
AUDIOGRAM JUNE 0 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
1L _0
HO S Soo2500
200 0 0
I
-30 -4 -__--1--20t-3 40 -- _50 -shyj---2 4----
10 20
405
S
4000 0 0 1 0 o
amp)00 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS
[0 Haring Normlshy
0 Advid to Cdnsuit Eor Doctor
70 -i
-shy
lo - I I__ L- 4
no - L t 11500 3000 6000
RIGHNT 10 RED LEFTjX
70 80
900
90o 100
110
BLUE
Q I
1117CKv
ONE r -AN 44OL ISO
Technicion _______________
AudiorneterStaion SovtoI No
r _ A Sh - I A Igot
I JTO IN U SA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
H
250
woo- shy
^_ D __~
DECIBEL LOSS---DECBE LOSSRIbull L++EFT IK 110
150
3 0 _____________
00 0
- -o6 0t0
AUDIOGRAM RUSS G 250 500 1000 2000 400000
Ideg___- -0 -I _I10
I I I
015
C_4- _
0 -shy__ _
5000
I
0000I -
_ I0
0
1--20
3-0
60
6~000o 00
n-70 100I
-shy r-_
7- 0
2lt
___
1j AdAsoed
ofrT
A
to Cout Ear DoctorLU
CNF-F1~Z~iF~~ ONF2 NSIStaon
110 - O1500
NSIAu~diometer --
TGm_3000 6000
Scrll No - - -shy
11 0
ImpirBan
1 rl 1- F INEMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
-2 20 _o
600
1~T -_i-------
t
t
60
0 0 ---
3000
6000
_L O 10oo
0s0o 0
115
10 Z
0 70sos 80
90
-
-
- -
- m
__ _-
r
-
60
70
80
90
Id
S AUDIOGRAM _10
RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
o
C-L-1 ED Heing Normal
Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
Cl05 of Inpohrmont
I
curcg ONr ID)ANSI jl IsO [ IASA p
Tochniclan
Stotion ate
Audiometer
Sorsal No lo
4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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H
250
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DECIBEL LOSS---DECBE LOSSRIbull L++EFT IK 110
150
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RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
-2 20 _o
600
1~T -_i-------
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10 Z
0 70sos 80
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80
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RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
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Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
Cl05 of Inpohrmont
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Audiometer
Sorsal No lo
4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
AUDIOGRAM CATHY D Hz DECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
RIGHT
250 7 LEFT 0
10 10 Soo--
L oo 1000 1
15 15 o_____ o o
L5o so500
-2 20 _o
600
1~T -_i-------
t
t
60
0 0 ---
3000
6000
_L O 10oo
0s0o 0
115
10 Z
0 70sos 80
90
-
-
- -
- m
__ _-
r
-
60
70
80
90
Id
S AUDIOGRAM _10
RESULTS 8000 100100110 ---shy -shy3 00 6 0
l---i I50110
o
C-L-1 ED Heing Normal
Advd to Co-su Eat Docto R-
Cl05 of Inpohrmont
I
curcg ONr ID)ANSI jl IsO [ IASA p
Tochniclan
Stotion ate
Audiometer
Sorsal No lo
4RtNCOAINLl EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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_AUDIOGRAM MARIE Ft
H OECIBEL LOSS 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000I I I
RIGHT LEFT 0 - _ 0
Sit I i0 00 -
S 10 150 02 I301000 5 10 - 30
deg __ __ deg L __ _ _I_ 0 5 60 60
A _0____ 0 20 90o90 30
I 100000 0 I
AUDIOGRAM RESULTS 110 110-
Norma 1500 3000 6000 Lo o
C AdvAosd to Consult Ear Doctor RIGHT 1l0 RED FLEFT IXTB Class of Impirennt
Tochn ItIon ______________________
CHFCK ONE- r ANSI Audiometer
tz ISO Station ------ Soriol No [ -ASA p te T me
PllNJ tED IN USA EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX D
BEAT FREQ OSC TYPE 1IZ
BRAIU G SCJER~
MtW AMPL
TYPE 2603 12 o
LEVEL ReCORfl R ARTIFICIAL tAOUTH TPt Z305 VOLTmETERAIAPL TYPE- 4-21( DP6UL K4 TYPE RULL 6 KJampVjR 400 CAL
1rEW LE TT PACKARD
MICROPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
GRAPHIC LEVEL HALFIM COUDEKSER MIC TYP 4133 ANDRECORDER CATHODE FOLLOWEPRTYPE15210 TYPE Z0I4
GEBNERAL RADIO BRUEL a KJampR
4ishy8A
-+ 4gDIA ZCC VOLUME~
2c COUPLERFLAT PLATE COUPLER
EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
A OIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
APPENDIX E
BEAT- FRFQ AUDIO ampEH TYPE 3048 GENERAL RADIO
EARPHONEUNDampR TEST
MI0POWER SUPPLYf TYPE ZO
e BRUEL CKJFP
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EARPHONE TEST APPARATUS
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
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LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
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Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
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TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
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The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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HMD- 110 MICROPHONE
x X-X (X-7) 2
98 -4 16 98 -4 16 100 16 256 96 -24 576
100 16 256 492 112
S= 984 V= 28 Q-= 167
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
100 48 2304 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144 94 -12 144
476 288
X = 952 V = 72
= 268
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
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125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
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125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
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HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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5x5 MICROPHONE
QUIET
XX-X (X-X 2
98 0 0 94 -4 16 98 0 0 100 2 4 100 2 4 490 24
X = 980 V= 6
=r 245
NOISE
X X-X (x-x) 2
98 4 16 90 -4 16 92 -2 4 94 0 0 96 2 4
470 40
X = 940 v= 10
tr-= 316
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
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TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
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X
LT-730
MICROPHONE
QUIET
X-J (x-x) 2
98 -8 64 100 12 144 i00 12 144 98 -8 64 98 -8 64
494 48
x = 988 V= 12
CI= 1095
NOISE
Xx- (xX)2
64 108 11664 78 32 1024 64 108 11664 90 152 23104 78 32 1024
374 4848
S= 748 V =1212 o-= 110
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HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
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HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
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5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
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UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
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Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
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Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414 MICROPHONE
QUIET
x X-x (X-X) 2
100 12 144 100 12 144 98 -8 16
100 12 144 96 -28 784
494 1234
X = 988 v = 308
a = 175
NOISE
x X-x (X-X) 2
90 28 784 72 -152 23104 98 108 11664 84 - 32 1024 92 48 2304
436 3888
X = 872 V = 972
C- = 985
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
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HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
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t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 MICROPHONE
QUIET
-X)x xJ
96 -16 256 100 +24 576 96 -16 256 96 -16 256
100 +24 576 488 192
x = 976 v = 48 C = 219
NOISE
x x-x (x-x) 2
94 116 13456 80 -24 576 56 264 69696 86 36 1296 -96 136 18496 412 10352
X= 824 V = 2588 O--= 16
A DIVISION OF INSTPJMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HS- 2A MICROPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 3 9 92 -3 9 96 1 1 94 -1 1 95 0 0
475 20
X - 950 V= 5 ampr= 233
NOTSE
x X-X (X-X)2
80 -1 1 82 1 1 74 -7 49 86 5 25 83 2 4 81 80
R = 81 V = 20
oy-= 447
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (x-x)
92 -48 2304 96 - 8 64 98 L2 1414 98 [2 144
100 32 1024 484 36P
X 9c8 V r 92
303
NOT S E
x X-X
98 58 3364 94 18 324 90 -22 484 90 -22 484 89 -32 1024
461 568
X = 922 V = 142 d- = 3 76
ORIGINALPAGE Is
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMD414
EARPHONE
QUIET
x X-X (x-x)2
96 16 256 94 -36 1296
100 24 576 100 24 576 98 4 16
488 272
x =976
v 68 c = 26
NOISE
X X-X (X-X)2
50 52 2704 40 -48 2304 30 -148 21904 64 192 36864 40 - 48 2304 224 6608
= 448 V =1652 a-= 1285
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMET SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
5x5
EARPHONE
OUiET
x _x
x-x 2
(x-X) 2
98 24 576 98 -76 5776 96 4 16 96 4 16
100 44 1936 478 832
=-956
V = 208 C = 456
NOISE
x X-X (X-X)2
74 +14 196 40 -20 400 54 - 6 36 42 -18 324 90 30 900
300 1856
X = 60 V =464
C-= 215
A DIVISION OF INSTR JMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
UNEX HS-2A
EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-7 (X-X)2
94 -12 144
90 52 2704
96 8 64
100 48 2304
96 18 64
476 528
X= 952 V = 132 C= 363
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
48 -2 4
46 -4 16
66 16 256
36 -14 196
54 4 16
250 488
X = 50 V = 122 a-= 110
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CO(PPATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
125610 EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X) 2
98 +2 4 92 -4 16 96 0 0 98 2 4
384 24
x= 96 v= 8 o = 283
NOISE
x X-X (-Rz
88 -115 13225 82 55 3025 94 175 30625 42 -345 119025 306 1659
X= 765 V = 553 0r-= 2352
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMNTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
HMDI0
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-x (X-X)
96 -2 4 94 0 0
100 6 36 98 4 16 82 -12 144 470 200
X= 94 Vr = 200 50
707
NOISE
x X-X_ (X-X)2
84 136 18496 66 44 1936 84 [36 18496 78 76 5776 40 -304 92416 352 13712
S= 704 V = 3428
ao-= 185
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A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A610 EARPHONE
QUIET
X X-X (x-X)
92 0 0 88 -4 16 90 -2 4 96 4 16 94 2 4
460 40
X = 92 V =10 d= 316
NOISE
x X-x (X-X)2
30 144 20736 20 44 1936 10 - 56 3186 8 - 76 5776 10 - 56 3136 78 3472
X = 156 V = 868
- 932
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS COAPORATON
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
LT-730
EARPHONE
QUIET
x x-X (X-X)
96 - 5 25 96 -5 25 96 - 5 25 98 15 225
386 3
X= 965 V -icr= I
NOISE
x X-X (X-X) 2
50 -1 1 48 -3 9 84 33 1089 22 29 841
204 1940
X 51 V =6466
ICY= 2542
A DIVISION OF INSTALMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Statistical Significance
The statisuical significance of the intelligibility data is calculated below The A-distribution test was used -erstfts- of the-The test illustrates that the rank ordering in many cases is justified The large variance between subjects however in other cases showed the data not sampled sufficiently to achieve statistical significance Samples from perhaps 20-30 tests would be necessary to accomplish this end
The following example illustrates the calculation techniques used
A DIVISION OF (NSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Comparison of HMD414 and A610 earphone under no noise conditions
X414 - )76
X610 =92
Pick 90 as arbitiary origin
Let X-90 a =-9
414 414 610 610
6 36 2 4 4 16 -2 4 10 100 0 0 10 100 6 36 8 64 C =976-90 4 16 C610=92-90
316 414 60
f 22 2 316 - 5(5776) 68$4 14 -414 N4 14 C4 14 4
N414-1I
$612- 260-4) 1
10 6 - N6 1 0C610 = 60 5(4) = 100 - 1N610
S2 = 68 = 136 X414 5
S = 10 = 200 X6t 0 5
A(n = 4) = 27760 025
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Cirtical value 025 plusmn 136 (2776) + 200 (2776) = plusmn 2776
136 + 200
to test difference
X414 - X6 1 0 976 - 92
2 2 S + S = 136 + 2 = 56 = 3055 X4 14 X610 1833
This does not lie within critical values plusmn 2776 and therefore the 414 can be considered statistically significantely better than the A610
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAH-29 Compared to 125610 Earphone in noise
X29 = 922 Let = -X-90
Let C = i-90
X125 = 765
N=5 N=4
29 29 125 125
8 64 -2 4 4 16 -8 64 0 0 4 16 0 0 -48 2304 -1 1 C2 9 = 922-90 2378
T1
-Ns2 = _ 2 - 2C _ 81 - 5(22)2 = 14229 29 29 29 4
N29- 1 -N
25= 2378 - 4 (-135)22= 54966
3
S2 = 142 284 X29 5
2S2 = 54966 = 1374
4t125
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
t025-= 284(2776) + 1374(3182) 284 plusmn 1374
= 44508 14024
= plusmn317
X
2 x
+ SV284 x
922 - 765
+ 1374 =1325
Not Statistically Sig
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
The statistical signficance for noise is indicated in the matrix below
Headset In Columnbelow is statistically significant when compared to headset in Column to the right
TAH29 125610 HMD110 5x5 LT-730 HS-2A HMD414 A610
TAH-29
125610 HMDI10 I 5x5
ILTL-730 HS-2A - HMD414 A610
Indicates Statistically Signitizant
MicrophoneHeadset
(Not all combination calculated)
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION