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Audiological Diagnostics Glossary

102 terms total — 1 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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Vestibular Schwannoma

Advanced Formal IVT

A benign tumour of the Schwann cells of the vestibular branch of the eighth cranial nerve, formerly and still commonly r...

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