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Setting
Value
Toolbar icon
Verification
(
Tools
>
Options
>
Reflex Threshold
> )
•
Depending on your settings, you can select the type of verification to
be used after the deflection criterion has been met by the auto-
matic threshold search: The lowest stimulus intensity, where the
reflex criterion was met, may be retested for reproduceability, or
the next one or two intensity levels can be used to confirm the
reflex growth properties.
11.7
Reflex Decay testing
Note
•
If you are using a MADSEN OTOflex 100 Quick Check test device, you cannot perform Acoustic Reflex
Decay testing from the OTOsuite Immittance module.
Note
•
It is recommended that you perform a tympanometric test before making any acoustic reflex meas-
urement, and determine the acoustic reflex threshold before making a reflex decay measurement.
The decay test stimulus level pre-supposes that there is a reflex threshold available for the ear, stimulus type and stimulus
ear (ipsi- or contralateral) that is chosen for reflex decay testing. The decay test stimulus level will then automatically be
set to the threshold level +10 dB. If the reflex has not been determined, the decay measurement will be skipped.
If no reflex threshold is available, the
Control Panel
>
Intensity
setting is
Off
. This is useful for admittance monitoring.
For a maximum amount of monitoring time, set the
Tools
>
Options
>
Reflex Decay
>
Stimulus Timing
>
Stimulus
set-
ting to 26 seconds and the
Control Panel
>
Intensity
setting to
Off
. The resulting curve can be saved as an ordinary decay
graph.
Note
•
There may be a warning that the stimulus level is in the extended intensity range. Reflex decay may not
be possible due to highly elevated threshold levels.
Max. intensity levels
500 Hz
1000 Hz
Ipsi
50 to 105 dB HL ± 3 dB
50 to 120 dB HL ± 3 dB
Contra
50 to 115 dB HL ± 3 dB
50 to 120 dB HL ± 3 dB
Before reflex testing
1. Do as described in
.
1. Inform the patient about the high stimulus levels in the test.
2. Ask the patient to sit very still and quiet during the test, without moving head or jaw.
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