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