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2. Audioprosthology - Wikipedia

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   Audioprosthology is the profession of the fitting of a hearing aid, or auditory prosthesis.An audioprosthologist is defined as “an aid-fitting specialist who has completed a course in audioprosthology.” [1] This term was adopted by a group of hearing instrument specialists and the International Hearing Society (IHS) in 1976.

3. Audiometrist - Wikipedia

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   An audiometrist conducts hearing tests, or "audiometric screening", with an Audiometer to establish hearing levels. [3] The results are represented by an audiogram, and are usually interpreted by an audiologist, or a registered Medical Officer, [4] unless the audiometrist is also an audiologist, with the aim of diagnosing hearing loss.

4. Hearing aid - Wikipedia

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   Hearing aids are used for a variety of pathologies including sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, and single-sided deafness. Hearing aid candidacy was traditionally determined by a Doctor of Audiology, or a certified hearing specialist, who will also fit the device based on the nature and degree of the hearing loss being treated.

5. Audiology - Wikipedia

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   They dispense, manage, and rehabilitate hearing aids and assess candidacy for and map hearing implants, such as cochlear implants, middle ear implants and bone conduction implants. They counsel families through a new diagnosis of hearing loss in infants, and help teach coping and compensation skills to late-deafened adults.

6. Hearing test - Wikipedia

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   The audiologist or hearing instrument specialist may also conduct speech tests, wherein the patient repeats the words he or she hears. In addition, a test called a tympanogram is generally done. In this test, a small probe is placed in the ear and the air pressure in the ear canal is varied.

7. Audiometry - Wikipedia

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   In 1899, Carl E. Seashore Prof. of Psychology at U. Iowa, United States, introduced the audiometer as an instrument to measure the "keenness of hearing" whether in the laboratory, schoolroom, or office of the psychologist or aurist. The instrument operated on a battery and presented a tone or a click; it had an attenuator set in a scale of 40 ...