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Definition of Audiometry
1. Noun. The measurement of hearing.
2. Noun. Measuring sensitivity of hearing.
Definition of Audiometry
1. Noun. (medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Audiometry
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Medical Definition of Audiometry
1. The measurement of hearing. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Audiometry
Literary usage of Audiometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"This causes a conductive hearing loss that is often detectable by audiometry.
Although precise data on sensitivity are lacking, it is known that audiometry ..."
2. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"... tone threshold audiometry measuring both air and bone conduction, (2) speech
reception threshold audiometry, (3) speech awareness threshold audiometry, ..."
3. Practical Hearing Aid Selection and Fitting by Henry Tobin (1998)
"The first visit includes pure-tone, speech and immittance audiometry, loudness
judgments for pulsed tones, assessment of individuals' motivation toward ..."
4. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Reported sensitivities and specificities have been 70-100% using pure-tone
audiometry as the reference standard, but there are inadequate data on ..."
5. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention Into Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"American Academy of Pediatrics—Pure-tone audiometry should be performed at 4,
... American Speech-Language-Hearing Association—Annual pure-tone audiometry ..."
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