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10 Cards in this Set
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Audiometer - Pure Tone Testing
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Instrument generating pure tone frequencies at varied intensities to determine the threshold of hearing.
Headphones used and patient raises corresponding hand to the ear sound was heard in. |
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Speech Audiometry
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Measures how well the patient understands and discriminates speech sounds (Mckibben & Hegde 2011).
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Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
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Records electrical activity in the auditory nerve, brainstem and corical arease of the brain (Mckibbin & Hegde 2011).
Used as a screening for newborns (@one loudness level) (asha.org) |
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Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs)
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Test the function of outer hair cell
Used as a screening for newborns (asha.org) not assessment. |
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Tympanometry
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Pushes air pressure in the ear canal to test the mobility of the eardrum which can be hindered by fluid in middle ear, perforation of the eardrum or cerumen build up in the ear canal (asha.org)
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Acoustic Reflex Measure
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Gives information on the location of hearing problem (asha. org)
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Static Acoustic Impedence
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Measures the height of the ear canal (Oremland, J., Nova Southeastern University). Helps to identify perforated eardrum or openness of ventilation tubes.
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Spondee Words
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Two-syllable word with equal stress on each syllable (Mckibbin & Hedge 2011).
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Spondee Threshold
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Lowest level presented at 5 dB steps that the patient hears and repeats correctly 50% of the time.
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Word Recognition
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Speech discrimination
Determines speech comprehension Presented at comfortable loudness level (McKibbin & Hedge 2011). Utilizes kindergarten phonettically balanced word list (Oremland, J., Nova Southeastern University). |
