Audiometry - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Another cause for conductive hearing loss with present acoustic reflexes.

30 Oct 2008 There are numerous potential causes of conductive hearing loss (HL). It is important to obtain a thorough history and perform a complete examination, including audiometric testing and radiographic evaluation when necessary. In this report, we ... Read more...

Preauricular skin tags and ear pits are associated with permanent hearing impairment in newborns.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVES: Our goals were to (1) study the prevalence of hearing impairment in a large cohort of infants with preauricular skin tags or ear pits and compare it with that among all other newborns participating in our universal newborn hearing ... Read more...

Ototoxicity of artemether/lumefantrine in the treatment of falciparum malaria: a randomized trial.

14 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Due to increasing drug resistance, artemisinin-based combination chemotherapy (ACT) has become the first-line treatment of falciparum malaria in many endemic countries. However, irreversible ototoxicity associated with ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Audiometry'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Another cause for conductive hearing loss with present acoustic reflexes. 30 Oct 2008
• Preauricular skin tags and ear pits are associated with permanent hearing impairment in newborns. 29 Sep 2008
• Ototoxicity of artemether/lumefantrine in the treatment of falciparum malaria: a randomized trial. 14 Sep 2008
• Titanium versus nontitanium prostheses in ossiculoplasty. 30 Aug 2008
• The effect of head protection on the hearing of rugby players. 30 Aug 2008
• Incapacitating unilateral tinnitus in single-sided deafness treated by cochlear implantation. 30 Aug 2008
• Clinical practice. Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. 19 Aug 2008
• Distribution of hearing loss characteristics in a clinical population. 30 Jul 2008
• Automatic screening and detection of threshold fine structure. 30 Jul 2008
• Prevalence of hearing loss and differences by demographic characteristics among US adults: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. 26 Jul 2008
• Cartilage ossiculoplasty by lever method. 29 Jun 2008
• Correlating the cochleovestibular deficits with tumor size of acoustic neuroma. 29 Jun 2008
• Audiological outcomes after cochlear implantation in a patient with Melnick-Needles syndrome. 29 Jun 2008
• Infant hearing loss and connexin testing in a diverse population. 29 Jun 2008
• The impact of mild central auditory processing disorder on school performance during adolescence. 29 Jun 2008
• A new sound coding strategy for suppressing noise in cochlear implants. 29 Jun 2008
• Evaluation of noise-induced hearing loss with audiometer and distortion product otoacoustic emissions. 29 Jun 2008
• Transmastoid labyrinthotomy approach for cochlear implantation in a common cavity malformation: a case report. 11 Jun 2008
• Klippel-Feil syndrome and associated ear anomalies. 11 Jun 2008
• Diode laser in otosclerosis surgery: first clinical results. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Audiometry'

Definition: 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.

Descriptor UI: D001299

Alternative terms: Audiometry; Audiometries;

Related Mesh Headings: Acoustic Impedance Tests;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.382.375.060;

Technical Notes: a specific type of hearing test: do not use as a general term for "the measurement of hearing" ( = HEARING TESTS)