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Audiological Diagnostics Glossary

102 terms total — 3 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026

Pure-Tone Audiometry PTA

Basic Technical IVT

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.

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Cochlear Implant Mapping

Advanced Technical IVT

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

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Electrocochleography

Advanced Technical IVT

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

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Retrocochlear

Advanced Technical IVT

Pertaining to pathology or dysfunction originating beyond the cochlea, along the auditory nerve or central auditory path...

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