Note
•
Retro-cochlear hearing loss cannot be detected by TEOAE testing.
Inconclusive test
If it is not possible to achieve a Pass result and:
1. the patient has a large ear canal volume and the test was started with the
Manual
Start
(double-arrow) button after a failed calibration,
or
2. the test environment is too noisy,
then the test result may be
Inconclusive
.
In the case of a large ear canal volume (due to PE tubes or perforation of the ear drum)
it may not be possible for the L1/L2 to reach the required stimulus levels. Adequate
stimulus levels are crucial in order to achieve an accurate response. In this case, the
result is
Inconclusive
, and a message indicates that there was a large ear canal volume
or a poor probe fit.
If noise exceeds acceptable levels for more than half of the test time, the result is
Inconclusive
and a message indicates that the noise was too high.
Incomplete test
If the test was stopped, an error message and detailed results are shown.
The result screen appears differently if the test failed or was aborted during cal-
ibration.
5.5
Options in the test result screens
Test result options
If you wish to add comments to the test results, press the
Comments
button. This will take you to the
Com-
ments
screen, where you can select predefined comment. See
Test Other Ear
Starts test in the other ear.
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5 Testing with Alpha OAE+