Pure-tone Audiometry
Pure-tone audiometry is the main hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an individual, enabling determination of the degree, type and configuration of a hearing loss and provides a basis for diagnosis and management
Pure-tone audiometry is a subjective, behavioural measurement of a hearing threshold, as it relies on patient responses to pure tone stimuli.Therefore, it is only used on adults and children old enough to cooperate with the test procedure.
Bone Conduction
Bone conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear primarily through the bones of the skull,
The sounds sent through the device cause your skull to gently vibrate. This vibration goes to the inner ear, or cochlea, and skips the outer and middle ear. This test tells the audiologist how well you hear and if there is a problem in the outer or middle ear
Speech Audiometry
Speech audiometry is a fundamental tool in hearing loss assessment.
Together with pure-tone audiometry, it can aid in determining the degree and type of hearing loss. This test checks how loud speech needs to be for you to hear it and also how clearly you can understand and distinguish different words when you hear them spoken.
Tympanometry
Tympanometry is a test that shows how well your middle ear is working.
It does this by measuring how your eardrum moves.
It is a quick, non-invasive test and is performed to assess the health of the eardrum and middle ear. It can determine whether your hearing loss can be helped by hearing aids or whether a medical treatment is necessary / available to treat your loss instead.
A tympanometer test allows your hearing care provider to visualize the ear drum and assess
the overall health of the middle ear.
