Diagnostic Procedure
audiometry
au·di·om·e·try [ aw-dee-om-i-tree ]
Subclass of:
Hearing Tests
Definitions related to audiometry:
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A complete hearing test that involves listening to sounds of different frequencies and volume.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Specific test to measure the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones; frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(audiometric test) Testing conducted utilizing a manual or microprocessor audiometer to test for hearing loss.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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