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Area of Science:

  • Acoustics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Accurate ear-canal impedance and reflectance measurements rely on precise calibration of acoustic ear probes to determine Thévenin-equivalent source parameters.
  • Existing calibration error metrics fail to detect parallel components in source parameters, which can arise from ear tip leaks or improper mode accounting, leading to measurement inaccuracies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate novel error metrics for ear probe calibration that can identify undesired parallel components in acoustic source parameters.
  • To improve the reliability and accuracy of ear-canal impedance and reflectance measurements by addressing limitations in current calibration quality assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed novel error metrics based on frequency-domain analysis of source admittance causality and time-domain estimation of source pressure.
  • Applied both proposed and existing error metrics to four calibrations using two established methods, intentionally introducing parallel components to simulate real-world issues.

Main Results:

  • The proposed error metrics successfully identified various undesired parallel components in the source parameters that were not detected by existing metrics.
  • Demonstrated the effectiveness of the new metrics in revealing calibration flaws stemming from factors like ear tip leaks and unaccounted evanescent modes.

Conclusions:

  • The developed error metrics offer a significant advancement in evaluating ear probe calibration quality.
  • These metrics enhance the detection of subtle calibration errors, thereby improving the accuracy and trustworthiness of subsequent ear-canal acoustic measurements.