Abstract:
A measurement system for bone conduction headphone acoustic parameters was designed to explore the advantages and potential applications of new bone conduction headphones in audiology tests. The maximum output intensity and harmonic distortion of two commonly used bone conduction headphones, i.e. B-71 and B-81, were compared at five listening frequencies. At the same maximum output intensity, the harmonic distortion of B-81 headphones at four frequencies in the range 250 Hz to 2 000 Hz was significantly lower than that of B-71, and no significant difference in the harmonic distortion of B-71 and B-81 headphones was observed at 4 000 Hz. B-81 headphones were better than B-71 headphones in terms of both the maximum output intensity and the harmonic distortion, especially in the low and middle frequency bands. The test results show that B-81 can be used instead of B-71 in audiology-related tests.