Abstract
Threshold values for 147 subjects (9-43 years old) were measured with a high-frequency (HF) air-conduction (AC) (Inter-acoustics AS 10 HF) and an electric bone-conduction (EBC) (Audimax 500) audiometer. In addition, the reproducibility of these methods was studied in another group of 24 subjects. The results confirmed the previous findings of Økstad et al. (1988) that the electric current (i) used as a stimulus in the Audimax 500 audiometer can be converted into decibels with a correction factor of 40 log (i) re 1 mA as Tonndorf & Kurman (1984) have proposed. However, an additive frequency-dependent correction is needed to obtain similar loudress sensation increases with these audiometers. Reproducibility with the EBC audiometer was better than with the AC audiometer, especially in the HF range.