Hearing LossComprehensive text on the principles & procedures for determining the causes of hearing loss. |
Contents
Hearing Loss and the Physician | 1 |
How To Classify Hearing Loss With a Tuning Fork | 10 |
The Audiogram | 17 |
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abnormal affected air conduction appear audiogram Audiologic audiometer auditory become better bilateral bone conduction canal cause child Classification common complete condition CONDUCTION RIGHT conductive hearing loss continuous damage DATE defect developed diagnosis difficulty discrimination drum eardrum early especially eustachian tube examination example exposure external Figure findings fluid frequencies functional head hearing aid hearing impairment Hearing Threshold Level History important improved indicate infection inner ear intensity involved later left ear LEFT MASK Level dB A.S.A. loud marked measure Ménière's disease middle ear mild nerve neural noise normal Occasionally occur otitis media Otologic otosclerosis patient perforation physician possible present pressure problem produce reason recruitment reduced removed responses result right ear RIGHT LEFT SCORE sensorineural deafness sensory severe shows sound speech stapes stapes mobilization studies sudden surgery symptoms tests Threshold Level dB tinnitus tion tone tuning fork understand unilateral usually vertigo voice