Diagnostic Procedure
hearing test
hear·ing test [ heer-ing test ]
Subclass of:
Diagnostic Techniques, Otological
Definitions related to hearing tests:
  • (audiogram) A chart that shows a person's ability to hear at different pitches or frequencies.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (audiogram) A graphic record of the softest sounds that a person can hear at various frequencies, used to measure hearing loss.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A general term for the measurement of hearing.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Part of an ear examination that measures the ability of sound to reach the brain.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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