Audiometry

What is audiometry?
• Objectively testing the hearing.

• Variety of tones and volumes

Audiogram
Audiogram
 Masking
• Masking means that one puts in some "noise"
in the opposite ear while testing an ear. The
reason to do this is to prevent sound from the
side being tested from going over to the good
side.
Normal audiogram
Sensorineural hearing loss
Conductive hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss
 Tympanometry
• Used in combination with audiogram.
• It is mainly a test of the middle air status.
• Should be used when there is a conductive
hearing loss seen in an audiogram.
• When there is a difference between air
conduction and bone conduction.