Calculation of "hearing threshold level of a polulation associated with age onl

exposed population" (H') according to ISO 1999

sex
age
exposure duration
LEX,8h
fractile

-20
-10
hearing threshold shift (dB)

0
10
20
30
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50
60
70
80
90
100
100 1000 10000
frequency (Hz)

frequency
[Hz]
125
250
500
1000
1500
2000
3000
4000
6000
8000
n associated with age only" (H) and of "hearing threshold level of a noise-
H') according to ISO 1999:2013, data base A

input input range status

male ◄ select o.k.
60 19-60 years o.k.
40 1 - 40 years o.k.
90 75-100 dB(A) o.k.
0.05 ◄ select o.k.

H (associated with age)

H' (age and noise)

000 10000
ncy (Hz)

H' (age and noise) H (associated with age) N (lärmbedingt)

[dB] [dB]
21
20
21 21 0
22 22 0
33 28
41 33 11
61 48 21
73 63 22
78 71 17
85
male
female
ISO 1999 provides an algebraic model for estimating the hearing impairment of po
associated with age or in addition due to noise exposure of that populations whe

For the calculation the following input is used: i) the A-weighted noise exposure
iii) the age in years and iv) the sex.

The estimations of the model are limited to populations without any hearing impa
exposure.

The calculation results in hearing threshold shifts for frequencies 0.5; 1; 2; 3; 4; 6

The fractile 0.05 means for example, that 5 % of the noise exposed individuals are
threshold shift, which is equal to or larger than the value read off at the y-axis of

The PTS (permanent threshold shift) is composed of two parts: i) one part associ
exactly with curve "75 dB(A)"), which is also observed without noise exposure, an
responsible for the deviation from the "75 dB(A)"-curve towards higher PTS.