Does the ACS adjust a AC40 by itself?
Yes. Under automatic control the ACS sets each test point on the AC40 and adjusts its output to the selected standard. The technician is only prompted to change transducers.
Supported instruments · Interacoustics
Calibrating Interacoustics audiometers and tympanometers
The ACS has built-in setups for 23 Interacoustics instruments, and 16 of them run under full automatic control. Select the model, start the calibration, and the ACS sets each test point, measures it and adjusts the instrument to ANSI S3.6 and IEC 60645.
23Interacoustics models with built-in setups
16 of 23Under full automatic serial / USB control
Under 10 minExhaustive calibration on most audiometers
ANSI & IECS3.6, IEC 60645, ISO 389 and S3.39 built in
Supported Interacoustics models
Every Interacoustics model the ACS calibrates
Automatic control means the ACS talks to the instrument through its serial or USB port: it sets frequency, level and channel itself and adjusts the instrument to the standard, and you only step in to change transducers. Models in manual mode are calibrated with the ACS prompting the technician for each setting and measuring the result.
| Model | Type | Control | What the ACS checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA220 | Audiometer and tympanometer | Manual | Audiometer output levels, frequency, distortion and linearity, plus probe tone level, compliance, pressure and reflex |
| AA222 | Audiometer and tympanometer | Automatic | Audiometer output levels, frequency, distortion and linearity, plus probe tone level, compliance, pressure and reflex |
| AC33 | Clinical audiometer | Manual | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AC40 | Clinical audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AD28 | Diagnostic audiometer | Manual | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AD226 | Diagnostic audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AD229 | Diagnostic audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AD229b | Diagnostic audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AD229e | Diagnostic audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AD629 | Diagnostic audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| AS208 | Screening audiometer | Manual | Air conduction output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, tone switching |
| AS216 | Screening audiometer | Manual | Air conduction output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, tone switching |
| AS608 | Screening audiometer | Automatic | Air conduction output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, tone switching |
| AT235 | Audiometer and tympanometer | Automatic | Audiometer output levels, frequency, distortion and linearity, plus probe tone level, compliance, pressure and reflex |
| AT235h | Audiometer and tympanometer | Automatic | Audiometer output levels, frequency, distortion and linearity, plus probe tone level, compliance, pressure and reflex |
| AZ7 | Tympanometer / middle ear analyzer | Manual | Probe tone level, compliance, probe pressure, reflex output level, distortion, linearity |
| AZ26 | Tympanometer / middle ear analyzer | Manual | Probe tone level, compliance, probe pressure, reflex output level, distortion, linearity |
| Affinity | PC-based audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| Affinity Compact | PC-based audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| Callisto | PC-based audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| Equinox | PC-based audiometer | Automatic | Air, bone and high frequency output levels, frequency, distortion, linearity, masking noise, tone switching, crosstalk, speech |
| Sera | ABR / OAE instrument | Automatic | Probe and headset output level, distortion, intermodulation, linearity |
| Titan | Tympanometry, OAE and ABR | Automatic | Probe tone level, compliance and pressure, plus OAE and ABR output level, distortion and linearity |
Interacoustics model not listed? It can still be calibrated: set it up as a User Defined instrument with its own test configuration. See Interacoustics on the full instrument list.
How it works
A Interacoustics calibration, start to finish
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Select the Interacoustics model
The ACS loads the right calibration routine and sets the headphone type and impedance for that model.
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Connect and start
Connect the instrument’s outputs to the ACS interface, and on automatic-control models its serial or USB port. The ACS steps through every test point, recording the values it found before any adjustment.
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Print the certificate
Every result, the Interacoustics and transducer serial numbers and the standard used, with your company logo. What a certificate should include.
Questions
Interacoustics calibration questions
Can the ACS calibrate Interacoustics tympanometers too?
Yes. The AT235 and AT235h, AA220 and AA222, AZ7 and AZ26, and the Titan are supported, with probe tone level, compliance, pressure and reflex tests to ANSI S3.39.
How often should a Interacoustics audiometer be calibrated?
Under OSHA hearing conservation rules, an acoustic calibration at least yearly and an exhaustive calibration at least every two years. Calibration schedules.
Other calibration guides: GSI (14 models) · MAICO (20 models) · all 22 manufacturers.
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