Audiological Diagnostics Glossary
102 terms total — 6 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
Pure-Tone Audiometry PTA
A behavioural hearing test that measures an individual's hearing thresholds for pure tones at discrete frequencies to determine the degree and configuration of hearing loss.
Unaided Threshold
The softest sound level detectable by a patient without any hearing device, establishing the baseline audiometric measur...
Uncomfortable Loudness Level
The intensity level, in dB HL, at which a sound becomes uncomfortably loud for a patient; used to establish the upper bo...
Vestibular Schwannoma
A benign tumour of the Schwann cells of the vestibular branch of the eighth cranial nerve, formerly and still commonly r...
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
A behavioural hearing test technique for infants and toddlers in which correct head-turn responses to sound are rewarded...
Weber Test
A clinical tuning-fork test in which a vibrating fork is placed on the midline of the skull to determine which ear perce...
Word Recognition Score
The percentage of monosyllabic words correctly identified by a patient at a suprathreshold presentation level, reflectin...