Profile
- Realization and dissemination of the unit of sound pressure (Pa)
- Traceability to National Standards: microphones, sound calibrators, ear simulators and mechanical couplers
- Specific testing of hearing protectors, earphones, head and torso simulators, ear simulators, hearing aids, electronic hearing protectors, head sets, acoustical toys, etc.
- Standardization work (ISO / IEC / DKE / NALS)
- Assessment of DKD testing laboratories in the field of acoustics
- Determination of reference data for human ear characteristics
- Improvement of audiological measurement techniques
Research/Development
- Optimization of measurement techniques for audiological tests and measurements of reference data for human ear characteristics (in German)
- Standardization work (ISO / IEC / DKE / NALS)
- EU-Projekt EMPIR 15HLT03 Ears II: Metrology for modern hearing
assessment and protecting public health from emerging noise sources