Ceruminosis, a Factor in Audiometry

In-situ audiometry: How close is it to conventional audiometry?

Technology in the hearing aid industry is ever changing. One of the many features that may improve accuracy of hearing aid fi ttings and patients ’ satisfaction is the inception of in-situ audiometry, which allows the clinician to measure hearing thresholds with a hearing aid in the patient ’ s ear. Objective : The present study aimed to investigate the validity of in-situ audiometry measured w...

In-situ audiometry

Response method in audiometry.

PURPOSE This study compared the speed, false-alarm rate, and participant preference of different response methods (raising a hand, pushing a response button, and giving an oral response) for measuring pure-tone thresholds. METHOD Thirty female university students with normal hearing participated. Response method order was randomly assigned to 6 different groups. Air-conduction thresholds were...

Speech Audiometry– A Reliable Pointer

Auditory Neuropathy coexisting with bilateral conductive hearing loss has not been reported so far .This case report highlights how the underlying Auditory Neuropathy can be unmasked by Speech Audiometry and that subsequently changes the entire management. Unlike Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA), Speech Audiometry is not necessarily done always for all patients, especially in developing countries and...

Self-recording audiometry in industry.

Pelmear, P. L. and Hughes, Brenda J. (1974). British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 31, 304-309. Self-recording audiometry in industry. A study of initial and repeat audiograms of 118 drop forge employees using fixed frequency self-recording audiometry showed that the mean of the differences at the test frequencies 0 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 kHz ranges from 0 47 dB to + 0-61 dB. The largest standa...