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ROBERT SONNENSCHEIN, M.D.; NORMAN LESHIN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1939;29(1):164-184.

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For a number of years we have noted that the majority of papers on functional testing of hearing have been by American authors. During the past year the preponderance of publications by our American confrères has been striking. There has been much attention to the subject of audiometers and hearing aids. The proper selection of aids to hearing is a "consummation devoutly to be wished," and perhaps this worthy objective is nearer than ever before.

The Council on Physical Therapy of the American Medical Association has authorized the following report on minimum requirements for acceptable audiometers:¹

A. Specifications.—

1. Audiometers shall produce vibration at frequencies within hearing range (approximately 128 to 8,192 cycles, or higher, per second). They shall be equipped for testing both air and bone conduction.
   
2. Frequencies: (a) Continuous frequencies (sweep) from 128 to 8,192 (or higher, for example, to 16,000) cycles per second.
   

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