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NOTE:
A total of six (6) individual speech test results may be stored for each
ear. Right ear results will be stored in the left column, left ear results will be
stored in the right column and binaural results will typically be stored in the
left column.
Using the Configuration application and the Auto Advance and Auto Play
options, it is possible to configure the AudioStar to automatically move and
present the internal word lists.
More Test Type button
Pressing the “More” test type button calls up a menu of the following special
tests: ABLB, BKB-SIN, QuickSIN, SISI, TEN and Tone Decay. Use the on-
board navigation buttons or an external mouse to select the special test.
Routine Test Procedures
The following procedures are in compliance with the current ANSI and ISO
recommendations for Manual Pure Tone Threshold Audiometry.
Patient Instructions
Preparing the subject for test:
1. Put the subject at ease.
2. Make sure the subject understands the task.
3. Use the following instructions:
“I am going to place these earphones over your ears. You will hear tones or
beeping sounds which may be loud or soft. Whenever you hear, or think you
hear, one of these tones, raise your hand. Lower your hand when you no longer
hear the sound. Remember, raise your hand when you hear the tone and lower
your hand when you do not.”
Patient Familiarization
Familiarize the subject with the test and determine the start point.
Start with the “better” or
RIGHT
ear.
Demonstrate a tone for the subject using 1,000 Hz at 50 dB HL.
If the subject responds, repeat at 40 dB.
If the subject responds again, this is the “
start
” point.
NOTE:
Discomfort of the patient could lead to inaccurate results. The operator is
to evaluate the environment and physical conditions to determine whether these
factors may affect the examination and give discomfort to the patient.
