MIDIMATE 602 & 622 Diagnostic Audiometers
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If the patient can still hear the tone, this is the valid threshold. If the patient cannot
hear the tone, this is because the threshold determined without masking has been
invalidated by contralateral bone conduction to the better ear. How to obtain the
valid threshold is described in §4.1.4.
4.1.4
Correcting a threshold invalidated by contralateral bone conduction
In cases where the tone threshold determined for the poorer ear has been invalidated
by contralateral bone conduction, do as follows:
1.
Press
Softkey 3
to display the
Options Menu
.
2.
Toggle
Softkey 2
,
1 dB/5 dB
, to change the level resolution for both hearing
level and masking to
5 dB
.
3.
Increase the hearing level of the tone in 5 dB steps and present the tone. Do so
until the patient can hear it.
4.
Increase the masking level by 5 dB and repeat step 2.
5.
Repeat step 3 until an increase in masking level does not change the tone thresh-
old.
The tone threshold determined under these conditions is the correct one.
4.1.5
Locking the masking level to the hearing level
You can lock the masking level to the hearing level so that any change in the hearing
level results in a corresponding change in the masking level. Do as follows:
1.
In test mode press
Softkey 3
to display the
Options Menu
.
2.
Toggle
Softkey 4
to activate hearing level lock. If the display shows
HLL-On
, the
hearing level lock will be activated when you press
Softkey 4
.
3.
To change the interval between the Masking and Hearing levels, turn the
Mask-
ing
wheel.
4.1.6
Testing above 110 dB HL
To override the MIDIMATE 602/622 110 dB (approx.) hearing level limit, which is
built in for safety purposes, toggle the
Ext. Range HL
key so that the
Ext. Range HL
lamp lights up. You can then test patients at maximum hearing levels up to 25 dB
greater, depending on the transducer in use.
4.1.7
Setting a minimum tone presentation time
Press
Softkey 3
to display the
Options Menu
, and then
Softkey 1
,
1.5s On/Off
,
to enable or disable an automatic timer which sustains the effect of pressing the
Tone
Switch
for a minimum of 1.5 s.