1. Click the line closest to the pressure value to be adjusted.
2. Click and hold the left mouse button on the line to move it to the desired position.
3. The corresponding values in the ETF-P table at the bottom of the screen change accordingly.
4. To delete a line, click on the line and press
Delete
on your keyboard.
5. To delete the entire measurement, click on the graph and press
Delete
on your keyboard.
11.9
Managing test results
11.9.1
Swapping ear results
If you have tested a patient with the wrong ear selected, you can swap the ear results both during a session and after a ses-
sion so that the results are assigned to the other ear. Swapping applies to all tests made on that patient.
Note
•
You cannot swap ear data that has already been saved or printed.
•
To do so, select
Edit
>
Swap Ear Results
..
If you select
Yes
, the data will be assigned to the other ear.
11.9.2
Deleting data
Deleting results
When you select
Edit
>
Delete Selected Sub-Test
you delete:
•
Any single tympanometric curve (identified by curve number)
•
Any full set of curves relating to a specific reflex stimulus type for one of the reflex tests (e.g. all reflex decay curves for
Ipsi 2000 Hz stimuli)
•
The ETF-P curve
1. To delete a sub-test click on one of the curve or graph icons in this icon group to view a
specific curve or graph. The curve will be highlighted.
2. To delete a curve, select
Edit
>
Delete Selected Test
.
11.10
Leakage and other probe problems
Testing may be complicated by a number of factors which can result in leakage or probe problems.
Leakage - possible causes:
•
The eartip does not fit well
•
The eartip is not inserted properly in the ear canal
•
The probe tip opening is blocked by the wall of the ear canal
•
The eartip may be old or hardened
•
the threaded ring holding the probe tip has not been tightened properly
•
The pneumatic probe plug has not been inserted properly in OTOflex
•
the probe tip has not been tightened properly
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