Influence of the type of acoustic transducer in pure-tone audiometry.

Purpose: To compare the air-conduction hearing thresholds obtained with different acoustic transducers and verify the users' preferences regarding them.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, analytical, observational study with 26 participants aged 18 to 30 years, with normal hearing and no history of exposure to high sound pressure levels or complaints of tinnitus at the time of the assessment. We surveyed their medical history and performed meatoscopy, pure-tone threshold audiometry, speech audiometry, and acoustic immittance.