audiometer
- noun
- /ˌɔːdiˈɒmɪtər/
- Specialized
- 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
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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
A device that measures how well a person can hear
How Advanced
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.