Subject: Fw: Re: "El Cheapo" dummy heads? From: Peter Lennox <peter(at)LENNOX01.FREESERVE.CO.UK> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:38:49 +0100----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Lennox" <peter(at)lennox01.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Bo Gehring" <bgehring(at)FP3D.COM> Sent: 06 July 2001 08:34 Subject: Re: Re: "El Cheapo" dummy heads? > Are there any agreed AES standards for wigs? > > ppl > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bo Gehring" <bgehring(at)FP3D.COM> > To: <AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA> > Sent: 05 July 2001 18:03 > Subject: Re: "El Cheapo" dummy heads? > > > > I had some success ~1985 with cheap silicon rubber pinnae > > which were sold to be used in hearing aid shops to teach the > > proper insertion of hearing aids. I don't remember where > > the distributor was located. The pinnae were of high > > quality and clearly had been molded from some individual > > rather than sculpted. These worked well in heads based > > on foam mannequin heads but with the addition of sculptors' > > plastilene to more nearly approximate an accurate head > > in shape and in density around the ear. Knowles BT-1759 > > mikes were mounted at the eardrum rather than the entrance > > to the ear canal. Using a wig seemed to help, too. > > > > ------------------------------