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Otometrics
Tests
Test view
• Is the patient well at rest and is there no muscle tension? Note that electric mus-
cle artifacts may arise from non-moving but tensed muscles (isometric contrac-
tion). Please check especially the nape of the neck for this condition.
• Are there any sources of electric noise in the environment? Especially motor-
driven devices such as pumps can cause high noise which is sometimes accepted
by the device but can be too high, if for instance the response has a low ampli-
tude. It may be worth while to relocate to another room for testing.
• Is there much acoustic noise in the environment? A high level of noise might
mask the stimulus.
Incomplete test
5.6 Test view
A patient screened by AccuScreen is either given a PASS (Test passed) or a REFER
(Test referred) .
• If the result is a PASS (Test passed) , no further action is required.
• If the result is a REFER (Test referred) , it is recommended that you retest the
patient. If the patient is given yet another REFER (Test referred) , this patient
should be referred for further testing.
5.6.1 Test View
You can view a patient’s tests:
• from the
Home
screen
• from the
Patient Details
screen
If the test was stopped, an error message is shown.