SIST EN 61252:2000/A2:2017

Electroacoustics - Specifications for personal sound exposure meters (IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)

Elektroakustik - Anforderungen an Personenschallexposimeter (IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)

Electroacoustique - Spécifications des exposimètres acoustiques individuels (IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)

Elektroakustika - Specifikacije za merilnike osebne izpostavljenosti zvoku - Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 08-Aug-2017
• ICS: 13.140 - Noise with respect to human beings
• ICS: 17.140.50 - Electroacoustics
• Technical Committee: I11 - Imaginarni 11
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 24-Jul-2017
• Due Date: 28-Sep-2017
• Completion Date: 09-Aug-2017
• Ref Project: EN 61252:1995/A2:2017 - Electroacoustics - Specifications for personal sound exposure meters

Relations

• Replaced By: SIST EN IEC 61252:2026 - Electroacoustics - Personal sound exposure meters (IEC 61252:2025)
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2026
• Amends: SIST EN 61252:2000 - Electroacoustics - Specifications for personal sound exposure meters
• Effective Date: 02-Aug-2016

Overview

EN 61252:1995/A2:2017 (identical to IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017) is a European/CENELEC (CLC) amendment that updates the electroacoustic specifications for personal sound exposure meters (PSEMs), also known as exposimeters. The amendment A2 was approved in 2017 and clarifies electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) immunity testing by adding a normative reference to IEC 61000-4-20:2010, permitting an alternative TEM waveguide test method. This standard sits at the intersection of electroacoustics and noise exposure monitoring and applies to instruments used to assess individual sound exposure for hearing-conservation and regulatory purposes.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope: Specifications for personal sound exposure meters used to measure an individual’s sound exposure in occupational and environmental contexts (EN/IEC 61252 family).
• Performance requirements: The amendment retains the existing metrological and functional requirements of the base standard (performance criteria, frequency range and step size remain as specified in the original publication).
• EMC / immunity testing:
  • Adds a normative reference to IEC 61000-4-20:2010.
  • Allows Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) waveguide methods as an alternative for immunity testing to power- and radio-frequency fields.
  • Specifies that instrument performance requirements and the tested frequency range/step size remain unchanged when using TEM waveguide testing.
• Normative references: Incorporates relevant international EMC testing procedures as mandatory references for compliance verification.

Applications and who uses this standard

• Manufacturers of personal sound exposure meters and acoustic measurement instruments - to design and validate products against European/IEC requirements.
• Calibration and test laboratories - to perform compliant EMC and performance testing, now including TEM waveguide methods per IEC 61000-4-20.
• Occupational health & safety professionals and hearing conservation programs - to select and verify PSEMs used for worker noise exposure assessment.
• Acoustic consultants and regulators - to ensure that instruments used for exposure surveys meet recognized electroacoustic and immunity standards.

Related standards and keywords

• Related: IEC 61252 (base), IEC 61000-4-20 (EMC testing in TEM waveguides)
• Useful keywords for search and compliance: EN 61252, IEC 61252, personal sound exposure meters, exposimeter, electroacoustics, EMC testing, TEM waveguide, IEC 61000-4-20, noise exposure monitoring, hearing conservation, CENELEC/CLC.

This amendment provides clarity on acceptable EMC test methods for PSEMs while leaving technical performance criteria intact, aiding manufacturers and test labs in demonstrating compliance with European and international electroacoustic requirements.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2017
Elektroakustika - Specifikacije za merilnike osebne izpostavljenosti zvoku -
Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)
Electroacoustics - Specifications for personal sound exposure meters (IEC
61252:1993/A2:2017)
Elektroakustik - Anforderungen an Personenschallexposimeter (IEC
61252:1993/A2:2017)
Electroacoustique - Spécifications des exposimètres acoustiques individuels (IEC
61252:1993/A2:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61252:1995/A2:2017
ICS:
13.140 Vpliv hrupa na ljudi Noise with respect to human
beings
17.140.50 Elektroakustika Electroacoustics
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61252:1995/A2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2017
ICS 13.140; 17.140.50
English Version
Electroacoustics -
Specifications for personal sound exposure meters
(IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)
Electroacoustique -  Elektroakustik -
Spécifications des exposimètres acoustiques individuels Anforderungen an Personenschallexposimeter
(IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017) (IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017)
This amendment A2 modifies the European Standard EN 61252:1995; it was approved by CENELEC on 2017-05-11. CENELEC members
are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Ref. No. EN 61252:1995/A2:2017 E

European foreword
The text of document 29/910/CDV, future IEC 61252:1993/A2, prepared by IEC/TC 29
"Electroacoustics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at (dop) 2018-02-11
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) 2020-05-11
the document have to be withdrawn

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61252:1993/A2:2017 was approved by CE
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