Audiometry is a non-invasive and painless procedure to measure hearing sensitivity of an individual. The hearing test is performed using sounds of single frequency, tested at various intensity levels ...

Gadolinium-enhanced delayed inner ear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves diagnostic accuracy for Meniere disease (MD) and delayed endolymphatic hydrops (DEH), according to a study published ...

In this section, a number of acoustic and psychoacoustic principles are applied to the clinical measurement of hearing ability. Hearing ability is described in Chapter 2 and summarized in Figure 2.10 ...

Dental practitioners are prone to hearing loss due to noise exposure encountered in dental clinics. The aim of this study was to determine whether the persistent high-frequency sounds produced by the ...

'Pure-tone audiometry' is used in the British military medical examinations to measure 'auditory fitness-for-duty'. The ability to hear individual tones of different frequencies in quiet surroundings ...