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Month: July 2013
Expert articles on hearing loss, tinnitus, hearing aids and hearing health from the Ear Diagnostics team.
How to Protect Your Ears?
In the United States alone, there are about 32.5 million people that suffered hearing loss. This number is increasing as the years…
Read more →Auditory Brainstem Response
Auditory brainstem response (ABR) Audiometry is a neurologic test of auditory brainstem function in response to auditory (click) stimuli. First described by…
Read more →Otoacoustic Emission
The primary purpose of Otoacoustic emission (OAE) tests is to determine cochlear status, specifically hair cell function. This information can be used…
Read more →Tone Decay
This test involves the presentation of a continuous tone to determine whether the threshold for the tone has changed (becomes poorer) over…
Read more →Play Audiometry
Behavioural test methods include Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA), Conditioned Play Audiometry (CPA), and Conventional Audiometry. The goal of all testing is to…
Read more →Tympanometry
Tympanometry is a test used to detect disorders of the middle air. Air pressure in the ear canal is varied to test…
Read more →Speech Audiometry
This is an assessment of the patient’s ability to understand speech. The patient is played a tape of a series of words…
Read more →Pure Audiometry
The testing of hearing is most often carried out by establishing the threshold of hearing, the softest sound which can be perceived…
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