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Hearing Testing
Aka: Hearing Testing, Hearing Test
- See also
- Hearing Impairment Severity Scale
- Tuning Fork Tests
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
- Pediatric Hearing Screening
- Indication: Hearing Loss Screening
- Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Exam
- See Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
- Speech Recognition
- See Hearing Impairment Severity Scale
- Speech Reception Threshold (SRT)
- Decibel level at which 50% of words understood
- Speech Recognition Score (SRS)
- Percentage words understood at 40 db over SRT
- Whispered Voice Testing
- Typically limited to DOT Physical
- Patient occludes opposite ear
- Examiner whispers questions or commands
- Patient answers or follows commands
- Avoid testing with finger snapping or ticking watch
- Not accurate for Hearing Testing
- Evaluation
- Audiogram