Hearing Tests
Intensity and Frequency
Hearing tests measure loudness in decibels (intensity) and pitch in
Hertz (frequency). The lowest number of decibels (dB) you can hear at
different frequencies (Hz) is measured and plotted on a graph called
an audiogram.
Frequency: Frequency is the number of vibrations per second, expressed
as Hertz (Hz). The sounds of speech are in the range of 250 Hz to 4000
Hz. These are commonly tested in a hearing test.
Intensity: Sound waves made by something vibrating gently have little
intensity (the sound is soft). If an object vibrates strongly, sound
waves have greater intensity (the sound is loud).
* When sound waves are made by something vibrating slowly, a foghorn
or a drum, a low frequency sound occurs.
* When sound waves are made by something vibrating quickly, a
whistle or a small bell, a high frequency sound occurs.
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TYPES OF STANDARD HEARING TESTS
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Pure tone audiometry
You listen to a range of beeps and whistles, called pure tones, and
indicate when you can hear them. The loudness of each tone is reduced
until you can just hear the tone. The softest sounds you can hear are
your hearing thresholds marked on an audiogram.
Air conduction
Hearing is measured with pure tones through headphones. The sounds go
via the air, down the ear canal, through the middle ear, and to the
cochlea in the inner ear. The air conduction hearing thresholds are
indicated on the audiogram by X for left and 0 for right.
Bone conduction
Placing a small vibrator on the mastoid bone be...
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along the nerve pathway, also called brainstem, to the brain. It takes
approximately one hour and is usually carried out while the baby is in
natural sleep. If this is not possible occasionally it is performed
while the person is under GA.
Tympanometry and Acoustic Reflex: Tympanometry gives information about
the middle ear.
· Normal - Compliance: 30 to 150, Middle ear Pressure: -150 to 50
· Middle ear dysfunction - no peak compliance recorded (flat trace)
· Eustachian tube dysfunction - Compliance: 30 to 150, Middle ear
Pressure: <-150 or> 50
· Perforation/grommet: either no seal obtained or large cavity volume
When a person has a normal tympanogram it may be possible to test for
the presence of a muscle reflex - acoustic reflex - in the middle ear.
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