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Audiology Glossary

100 terms total — 5 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026

sensorineural hearing loss

Professional Technical IVT

Hearing impairment caused by damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve pathways.

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BiCROS

Intermediate Technical IVT

Bilateral microphones with contralateral routing of signal; a hearing device configuration for patients with single-side...

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CROS

Intermediate Technical IVT

Hearing aid system that routes sound from a deaf ear to a hearing aid on the better-hearing ear for single-sided deafnes...

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Directional Microphone

Intermediate Technical IVT

A hearing aid microphone system designed to preferentially amplify sounds arriving from in front of the listener while a...

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Probe Microphone Measurement

Advanced Technical IVT

A clinical procedure in which a thin probe tube placed in the ear canal measures the sound pressure level at the eardrum...

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recruitment

Advanced Technical IVT

Abnormal rapid growth of loudness perception in damaged inner ears, where soft sounds are inaudible but loud sounds seem...

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