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audiometry

audiometry

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A test that measures how well someone hears
  • noun
  • /ˌɔːdiˈɑːmətri/
  • Specialized
: audiometría
  • The doctor recommended audiometry to assess how well I can hear different frequencies.
  • pure-tone audiometry
  • tone audiometry
  • impedance audiometry

Examples

  • We used a visual-reinforcement audiometry technique for the younger children and a conventional technique for the older ones.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The diagnosis was supported by standard testing, including audiometry, electronystagmography, and electrocochleography.

    Academic text (2002)
  • These are more sophisticated audiometry tests than I can run here.

  • Findings on repeat audiometry three months later were unchanged, and the patient's speech recognition was poor.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Electronystagmography and audiometry were performed before and after each patient's treatment course.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Likewise, we detected no damage to the inner ear as determined by pure-tone audiometry.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The use of impedance audiometry became popular in 1970, when the A-B-C tympanogram configuration system was described.

    Academic text (2004)
  • One of the major applications of brainstem audiometry is the determination of hearing thresholds in hard-to-test patients.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The pulses emanated from a small oscillator (Radioear B-71) that is used in clinical audiometry for bone-conduction testing.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Predicted behavioral thresholds on ASSR audiometry and measured behavioral thresholds are highly correlated (r > 0.95).

    Academic text (2005)

Surface Forms

audiometry singular
audiometries plural

Morphology

audiometry = audio (transparent) = audio + metry

The noun is directly formed from 'audio' (sound) + the productive suffix '-metry' (measurement), yielding 'measurement of hearing'.

Etymology

Audiometry comes from audi- 'to hear' and -metry 'measure', just like audio is about sound and a thermometer measures temperature. So audiometry means measuring how well someone can hear, which is why it is the name for hearing tests.