Concept information
Preferred term
Audiometry
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Note
- a specific type of hearing test: do not use as a general term for "the measurement of hearing" ( = HEARING TESTS)
Scope note
- The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.
In other languages
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Finnish
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audiogrammi
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kuulokäyrä
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ääneasaudiometria
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Swedish
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Audiometri
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001299
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