Audiology practice requires audiometric devices, medical devices are controlled by specifications, those headphones aren’t in the US specifications. Audiologists might use a different headphone, it might even be reasonably accurate, but it’s outside the standards of practice for their profession, possibly not covered by their malpractice insurance. I included the weasel words because the specifications are different elsewhere in the world.

And those headbands are a menace.

Or more clearly, they care very much about frequency and loudness, but not pleasant musical reproduction.

Sure hope not- it probably violates their professional standards. Audiometers are manufactured for use with specific headphones which are standardized across the medical field.

Yes. The audiometer is adjusted to calibrate for intensity changes in the system- headphone, cord, jack panel, patch cable, and audiometer.

Older audiometers had record players, cassette players, cd players attached… … and they all sound awful playing music through those headphones.

Audiology patient test headphones (as opposed to the clinician monitor headphones) are awful for music, requiring 20+ dB of EQ at low frequencies, 10+ dB at high frequencies. They sound distant, overly sharp, weirdly not musical, seal poorly, and have uncomfortable headbands. The accuracy and correctness is in the audiometer, not the headphones. The headphones only redeeming feature is their similarity- they’re manufactured to a specification and distributed worldwide so a calibrated audiometer (should) yield the same effective results anywhere.

Yes. Everything decays, some things faster than others. Did you gently wipe that with microfiber?

Tears for Fears album “Seeds of Love”

No bass, mids, or high… look, if I have to drive over there again just to seat the phone plug completely in the jack, again, I’m going to start charging for my time.