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audiometer

audiometer

1 7.3
A device that measures how well a person hears sounds at different pitches and loudness levels
  • noun
  • /ˌɔːdiˈɒmɪtər/
  • Specialized
: audiómetro
  • Thresholds for the octave frequencies from 250 to 8,000 Hz were established with a calibrated GSI 61 audiometer.
  • calibrated audiometer
  • Clinical audiometer
  • audiometer limit

Examples

  • Each subject was tested with an identical protocol consisting of pure-tone and speech audiometry with a Madsen OB822 audiometer and frequency-specific ABR testing.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The lead from the transducer was connected to the conversion box, and the audiometer response switch was passed to the patient.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Test setup showing audiometer, conversion box, and Floating Mass Transducer.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In 1924, Jones and Knudsen developed an audiometer that contained an electronic circuit that could vary the level of speech presentations.

    Academic text (1993)
  • A number of studies were conducted subsequently to compare hearing thresholds in the same individuals between manual and self-recording audiometers.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Audiometric testing was performed in soundproof rooms with an Interacoustics clinical audiometer (model ACS).

    Academic text (2001)
  • Small and lightweight, the FDA-approved AA222 combines many of the features of the two-channel clinical audiometer, as well as those of the impedance instrument.

    Academic text (2002)
  • For the present study, mean thresholds were compared between the conventional audiometer and the automated system at octave frequencies between 500-8000 Hz (Table 1).

    Academic text (2001)
  • The nurse then carried out pure-tone audiometry (Kamplex AS7 audiometer) by a standard technique with noise-reducing headphones.

    Academic text (1998)
  • During her hearing test, the doctor used an audiometer to evaluate her sensitivity to different sound frequencies.

Synonyms

sonometer
vsaudiometer
  • Specialized
9.9

A device that measures how well a person can hear

is electronic and tests sensitivity at specific frequencies and intensities

How Advanced

audiometer
  • Specialized
1 7.3
tuning fork
7 4.5

Surface Forms

audiometer singular
audiometers plural

Morphology

audiometer = audio (transparent) = audio + meter

The meaning is directly compositional as an instrument for measuring hearing or sound sensitivity.

Etymology

The word audiometer comes from audio- 'sound' and -meter 'measure', like the meter in thermometer or speedometer. So an audiometer is a device that 'measures' how well a person hears different sounds.