Practical Use of an Audiometer Based on a Computer Software for Hearing Loss Screening
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The project aimed at developing a software audiometer for hearing loss screening. The proposed software is definitely based on the internal peripherals of the computer without any externals devices. It has functionality to test patient’s hearing by generating pure-tones and masking signal for airconducted or bone-conducted stimuli. Practical hearing losses measurements of hard and normal of hearing patients have been done in order to evaluate the performances of the proposed software. The hearing measurements have been assisted with ENTs specialized Doctors. The obtained audiograms have been compared with those of classical audiometers AC33 and AC50
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