Abstract: A method for automatedly administering an audiometric test includes the steps of controlling an audiometer to selectively switch the audiometer output between test tones generated by the audiometer and sound signals generated from digital information; first switching the audiometer output to sound signals when the step of controlling indicates a beginning of a new test, a completion of a current test, or a test error; outputting sound representative of the sound signals after the step of first switching; second switching the audiometer output to test tones after the step of outputting; and outputting test tones until the next step of first switching.
Abstract: There is described a calibrated audiometer system in which the earphones have electronic identification labels which the audiometer microprocessor can interrogate to assure that the earphones which were calibrated with an audiometer are connected to the same audiometer.