audiometrically
- adverb
- /ˌɔːdiəˈmɛtrɪkli/
- Specialized
- Between 3 and 14 months postoperatively, the patency of the ear canal was assessed visually and hearing was evaluated audiometrically.
Examples
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We audiometrically tested the 6000 Hz frequency one year after surgery in 73 patients who benefited from a stapedius tendon reconstruction, and in 28 patients who did not.
Academic text (1998) -
In this article, we describe our quality assessment of the value of EXT in treating patients with sudden and severe unilateral hearing loss, primarily by analyzing audiometrically quantified outcomes.
Academic text (2008) -
The doctor evaluated the patient's hearing audiometrically to determine the effectiveness of the treatment.
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During the assessment, the children's hearing was measured audiometrically using standardized sound tests.
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She used audiometrically calibrated equipment to ensure accurate results in the hearing test.
Surface Forms
Morphology
audiometrically = audiometric (transparent) = audio + metry + ic + ally
Formed regularly from the adjective 'audiometric' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally', with no change in core meaning.
Etymology
Audiometrically comes from audio- meaning 'hear' and -metric meaning 'measure', like the familiar meter that measures things. So, to do something audiometrically is to check or adjust it by measuring a person's hearing with tests.
