Audiological Diagnostics Glossary

A self-recording audiometric technique in which the patient continuously tracks their own hearing threshold by pressing...

A hearing test that delivers sound vibrations directly to the cochlea via a bone oscillator placed on the mastoid proces...

A mechanical artefact on the bone-conduction audiogram—characteristically a dip of approximately 5–15 dB at 2000 Hz—asso...

The programming process by which an audiologist sets the stimulation parameters of a cochlear implant's speech processor...

A paediatric behavioural test method in which children aged approximately 2.5–5 years are conditioned to perform a play...

Hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear that prevents sound from being efficiently conducted to the...

The shape of the hearing threshold pattern across test frequencies as plotted on an audiogram, described by terms such a...

A hearing device configuration in which sound picked up on the side of a non-functional or absent ear is wirelessly rout...

An acoustic reflex measured in the ear contralateral to the ear receiving the eliciting stimulus, testing the integrity...

Abbreviation for decapascals; the unit of pressure used to measure middle ear pressure in tympanometry.

Decibels hearing level; the unit used in clinical audiometry to express hearing thresholds relative to the average thres...

Decibels sound pressure level; an absolute physical measure of sound pressure referenced to 20 micropascals (20 μPa), th...

A categorical classification of hearing impairment severity based on pure-tone average thresholds, ranging from normal t...

A diagnostic procedure in which different auditory stimuli are presented simultaneously to each ear to assess central au...

Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emission; a frequency-specific type of otoacoustic emission generated by the cochlea in r...

The span of intensity levels between a patient's hearing threshold and their uncomfortable loudness level, representing...

An electrophysiological test that records electrical potentials generated by the cochlea and auditory nerve in response...

An estimate of the volume of air between the probe tip and the tympanic membrane, measured during tympanometry and used...

Impaired function of the Eustachian tube that disrupts pressure equalisation in the middle ear, contributing to conducti...

The difference in decibels between unaided and aided soundfield thresholds, used to estimate the real-world benefit of a...

A structured occupational health initiative designed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss through monitoring, engineeri...

A self-report questionnaire designed to quantify the emotional and social impact of hearing loss on a patient's daily li...

A condition characterised by abnormal sensitivity or intolerance to everyday environmental sounds at intensities that mo...

A portmanteau umbrella term encompassing both impedance and admittance measurements of the middle ear system, used to de...