Automated pure-tone audiometry using true wireless stereo earbuds with active noise control.
Objective: Automated pure-tone audiometry (PTA) conducted outside a sound booth is heavily affected by environmental noise. This study aims to evaluate the performance of an automated PTA system, employing commercially available true wireless stereo earbuds with active noise cancellation (ANC) in no...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 65; no. 7; pp. 818 - 827 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2026
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