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why do we test hearing using pure tones?

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  • frequency specific thresholds
  • type and severity of hearing loss
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standard earphones

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  • proper placement is quick and easy
  • easier and more comfortable for children
  • inexpensive
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insert earphones

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  • proper placement can be tricky
  • children may not participate with fitting due to discomfort
  • expensive
  • better at reducing ambient noise during testing outside of a sound booth
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air conduction audiometry

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assessing the air conduction pathway which is how we hear normally
outer ear - middle ear - inner ear

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threshold

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the lowest decibel (dB) hearing level in which a person can hear a signal and respond

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right ear air conduction symbol

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O

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left ear air conduction symbol

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X

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no response air conduction symbol

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arrow attached to a symbol
ex: X with arrow

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air conduction audiometry, methodology

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  • 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000 Hz
  • begin in the right ear first (or better ear) at 30 dB and 1000 Hz
  • followed by 2000, 4000, 8000 Hz
  • repeat 1000 Hz
  • then 500 and finally 250 Hz
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air conduction methodology: no response?

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continue in 10 dB steps until response

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air conduction methodology: no response at starting level of 30 dB?

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begin at 50 dB

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when searching for threshold, you will use…

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bracketing
- 10 down, 5 up
- consistent response 3 times at lowest intensity, that is threshold

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degree of hearing loss: normal

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-10-25 dB

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degree of hearing loss: mild

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26-40 dB

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degree of hearing loss: moderate

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41-55 dB

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degree of hearing loss: moderately-severe

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56-70 dB

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degree of hearing loss: profound

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91 dB and above

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bone conduction hearing

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we can bypass the outer and middle ear by stimulating the inner ear through vibration of the skull

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components of bone conduction

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  • distortional
  • inertial
  • osseotympanic
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distortional bone conduction

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distortion of the skull activates structures of the inner ear

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inertial bone conduction

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distortion of the skull causes the ossicular chain to move and it lags behind skull movement due to inertia

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osseotympanic bone conduction

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distortion causes air to vibrate in the ear canal, some sound waves exit ear canal while others continue back the air conduction pathway

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bone conduction methodology

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frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 Hz

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why do we not test the same frequencies for bone conduction?

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sometimes 250 Hz can be affected by ambient noise and oscillator cannot vibrate over 4000 Hz

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bone conduction: intensity limit
70-75 dB
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why do we test different intensities for bone conduction?
cannot test above 75 dB since the person will feel it before they hear it
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bone conduction right ear symbol
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bone conduction left ear symbol
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is bone conduction testing before or after air conduction testing?
after
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bone conduction methodology: placement
directly on the mastoid area behind right or left ear
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why doesn't it matter which side to place the bone oscillator?
- the better cochlea will always respond to the tone first - can't vibrate half of your skull
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why do we test both air and bone?
to determine the location of the hearing loss
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SLPs will likely never perform masking, however, it is important to know how...
to interpret an audiogram that has masked thresholds
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when is masking used?
- during air conduction testing when one ear is significantly better than the other ear at specific frequencies - during bone conduction to isolate a cochlea
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cross hearing
when the signal presented to the poorer ear is so loud that it "crosses over" to the better ear and that ear responds
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shadow curve
responses on an audiogram are falsely recorded because the good ear is the ear that actually responded to the stimulus
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masked right ear air conduction
triangle
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masked left ear air conduction
square
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masked right ear bone conduction
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masked left ear bone conducion
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if you see an audiogram that has the masking symbols, it means that...
the tester used masking and the results are accurate
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what is masking?
- presenting "noise" to the good ear to keep it "busy" and raise its threshold so that it cannot "help" the bad ear - the better ear will have a continuous narrow band noise, while the poorer ear is being presented with the pure tones (or other stimulus)
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how do we know when to mask?
- based on interaural attenuation - rule of thumb for air conduction masking
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masking: based on interaural attention
difference in decibels, between the intensity of sound that was presented to the poorer ear and the amount of sound that actually reached the good ear
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masking: rule of thumb for air conduction masking
- if at a specific frequency there is a 40 dB or more difference between the right ear and the left ear - this is frequency specific, you have to look at each frequency separately
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sound field testing
testing in the sound booth through speakers (can't test ears individually)
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sound field testing: used for...
- specialized tests for young children; most will not tolerate wearing headphones of any kind - hearing aid functional gain testing
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visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA)
- conditioned orientation reflex (COR) and tangible reinforcement operant conditioned audiometry (TROCA) - uses the sound field - signal is presented through either a right or left mounted speaker
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when the child looks toward the correct speaker, they are visually rewarded...
- a box that lights up with a dancing animal - a computer screen with a cartoon
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behavioral observation audiometry (BOA)
- subjective test for children with a developmental age of up to 6-7 months - behavioral technique - typically reflexive responses - uses noisemakers, warble tones, music, etc.
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reflexive responses
- eye blinks, startle response - changes in sucking behavior or breathing
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conditioned play audiometry (CPA)
- for children 2 1/2 to 5 years of age - condition time to respond to a stimulus through play (ring on peg, block in bucket, tec.) - can be done with headphones
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false negative response
- patient forgets to raise hand - patient is exaggerating a hearing loss - reinstruct
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