otometrics madsen itera ii, Reference Manual

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4.5.1 The Control Panel
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4.6 The stimulus bar 37
4.6.1 The Tone stimulus bar 38
4.6.2 The Speech stimulus bar
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4.7 The Tone test screen
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4.7.1 The work area in the Tone screen 39
4.7.2 The audiogram 40
4.7.3 Curves and symbols selection
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4.7.3.1 Selecting a symbol or curve
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4.7.3.2 Creating new symbols 43
4.7.4 Compare audiograms 43
4.7.5 The Legend box
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4.7.6 Tone view options
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4.8 Work-flow related features 46
4.8.1 Selecting orientation 46
4.8.2 Ear shift frequency and level setting
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4.9 The Speech test screen
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4.9.1 The work area in the Speech screen 47
4.9.2 Speech feature boxes 47
4.9.3 Terms and abbreviations used in Speech testing
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4.10 Speech testing - tabular view
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4.11 Speech testing - graph view 49
5 Preparing for testing 53
5.1 Preparing the test environment
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5.2 Preparing the test equipment
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5.2.1 Connecting the cables of the test equipment 54
5.2.2 The patient responder 54
5.2.3 Preparing for air conduction testing
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5.2.4 Preparing for bone conduction testing
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5.2.5 Preparing for testing with masking 56
5.3 Listening check 56
5.4 Preparing the client
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5.4.1 Hygienic precautions
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5.4.2 Inspecting the client’s ear(s) 57
5.5 Preparing the Audiometry Module for testing 57
5.6 Proper transducer placement
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6 Tone testing
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6.1 Air Conduction threshold test 61
6.1.1 Testing 61
6.1.2 Sound Field testing
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6.2 Bone Conduction threshold test
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6.2.1 Testing 63
6.3 Testing with masking 64
6.3.1 When is masking required?
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6.3.2 Air conduction with masking - suggested procedure
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6.3.3 Bone conduction with masking - suggested procedure 66
6.4 Storing thresholds 67
7 Speech testing
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7.1 Monaural Speech testing
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7.1.1 Selecting input 69
4 Otometrics - MADSEN Itera II