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Hearing Testing

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Hearing Testing, Hearing Test

  • See also
  1. Audiogram
  2. Hearing Impairment Severity Scale
  3. Tuning Fork Tests
  4. Newborn Hearing Screening
  5. Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
  6. Pediatric Hearing Screening
  1. Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  2. Conductive Hearing Loss
  • Exam
  1. See Audiogram
  2. See Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
  3. Speech Recognition
    1. See Hearing Impairment Severity Scale
    2. Speech Reception Threshold (SRT)
      1. Decibel level at which 50% of words understood
    3. Speech Recognition Score (SRS)
      1. Percentage words understood at 40 db over SRT
  4. Whispered Voice Testing
    1. Typically limited to DOT Physical
    2. Patient occludes opposite ear
    3. Examiner whispers questions or commands
    4. Patient answers or follows commands
    5. Avoid testing with finger snapping or ticking watch
      1. Not accurate for Hearing Testing
  • Evaluation
  1. Audiogram
  • Resources
  • Online and Mobile Phone Hearing Tests
  1. HearWho
    1. https://www.who.int/teams/noncommunicable-diseases/sensory-functions-disability-and-rehabilitation/hearwho
  2. Mimi Hearing Test
    1. https://mimi.health/hearing-test