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High output headphones
Hello
All,
I'm looking for
headphone/earphone suggestions. I am trying to present speech to persons with
severe to profound hearing losses (poorest thresholds of 90 dB HL). I have tried
etymotics ER4s and their ER3A insert phones along with Shure E5 in ear
monitors and Sennheiser HDA200 headphones. All start clipping the speech before
I can achieve the desired real ear output. I am hoping to match the real ear
outputs suggested by a prescriptive hearing aid fitting formula (DSLi/o). This
results in rms levels for a speech noise, shaped to match a flat 90 dB hearing
loss, of ~125 dB in a Zwislocki coupler. When I present my speech at this
circuit setting the peaks are quite clipped.
Does anyone have
experience/suggestions for other earphones to try? I'm afraid I can't use custom
devices due to the number of subjects I'll be running so I need something with
reusable/replaceable tips or cushions.
Thanks for any
help.
Ben
Benjamin W.Y. Hornsby,
Ph.D.
Research Assistant
Professor
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson
Center
1114 19th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-936-5132