Diagnostic Tests and Procedures

Question 1

audiometry

Answer 1

process of measuring hearing

Question 2

auditory acuity testing

Answer 2

physical assessment of hearing

Question 3

tuning fork

Answer 3

a two pronged fork like instrument that vibrates when struck used to test hearing

Question 4

brainstem auditory evoked potential

brainstem auditory evoked response

Answer 4

BAEP
BAER
electrodiagnostic testing that uses computerized equipment to measure involuntary responses to sound within the auditory nervous system; commonly used to assess hearing in newborns

Question 5

otoscopy

Answer 5

use of an otoscope to examine the external acoustic meatus and tympanic membrane

Question 6

pneumatic otoscopy

Answer 6

otoscopic observation of the tympanic membrane as air is released into the external acoustic meatus; immobility indicated the presence of effusion

Question 7

tympanometry

Answer 7

measurement of the compliance and conductibility of the tympanic membrane and ossicles of the middle ear by monitoring the response to airflow pressures