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GN Otometrics A/S
User Manual
CAPELLA Cochlear Emissions Analyzer
lear disorders. Capable of distinguishing sensory (cochlear)
hearing loss from neural hearing loss in site-of-lesion testing.
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Sensitivity to disorders of the middle ear and Eustachian tube
CAPELLA Cochlear Emissions Analyzer
is intended for the following
applications:
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Hearing screening
-Difficult-to-test patients, including infants
-Industrial (occupational hearing loss)
-Schools and itinerant patients
-Geriatric patients
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Clinical evaluation
-Differential diagnosis (middle ear versus cochlear versus ret-
rocochlear)
-Monitoring: progressive hearing loss, ototoxicity, noise-
induced hearing loss
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Research
Measured properties of cochlear function include signal detection
threshold and response amplitude, frequency content, and growth.
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Outer hair cells (OHC)
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Basilar membrane
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Efferent innervation
Capella
complies with the following international standards:
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Patient Safety: Complies with EN 60601-1.
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Immittance testing: Comparative tympanometry according to
EN 61027 and ANSI S3.39.
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The NOAH fitting platform
The
Capella
OAE application module may be integrated with HIM-
SA's NOAH program for fitting hearing instruments. NOAH uses a
common software platform and central database to integrate hear-
ing instrument fitting systems, test equipment, and office manage-
ment software systems. NOAH integrates client records,
audiological data and the dedicated fitting modules from various
hearing instrument manufacturers.
Digitally programmable hearing instruments using different tech-
nologies and different programming devices are available from a
number of manufacturers. NOAH provides a common software