Hearing test

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Broader Terms

ear disorder diagnosis

Narrower Terms

audiometry

Related Terms

communication disorder diagnosis

Scope Note

a general term for the measurement of hearing.

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  • Results A hearing test is part of an ear examination that evaluates a person's ability to hear.
  • hearing test Wikipedia hearing test A hearing test is an evaluation of the sensitivity of a person's sense of hearing, most often performed by an audiologist using an audiometer.
  • The online hearing test is not a calibrated medical test.
  • The best substitute that we have been able to devise for an on-line Internet hearing test is a series of questions that you may ask yourself.
  • In testing hearing for tones, a pure tone air conduction hearing test is given to find out the faintest tones a person can hear at selected pitches (frequencies) from low to high.

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