Tests

Question 1

Measurement of hearing, usually with an instrument called an audiometer. The graphic representation of the results is called an audiogram.

Answer 1

Audiomatric testing

Question 2

Visual examination of the external auditory canal and the TM using an otoscope.

Answer 2

Otoscopy

Question 3

Measurement of perception of pure tones with extraneous sound screened out.

Answer 3

Pure tone audiometry

Question 4

Method of distinguishing conductive from sensorineural hearing loss.

Answer 4

Rinne tuning fork test

Question 5

Measurement of ability to hear and understand speech.

Answer 5

Speech audiometry

Question 6

Measurement of the condition and mobility function of the eardrum. The resultant graph is called a tympanogram.

Answer 6

Tympanometry

Question 7

Test that uses otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) measured by the insertion of a probe into the baby’s ear canal, and auditory brainstem response (ABR). which involves the placement of four electrodes on the baby’s head to measure the change in electrical activity of the brain in response to sound while the baby is sleeping.

Answer 7

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) test

Question 8

Method of testing auditory acuity.

Answer 8

Weber tuning fork test