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  2. S15 (classification) - Wikipedia

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    The S15, SB15 and SM15 classifications are for people with hearing loss. [1]The classification was created by the International Paralympic Committee.In 2003 the committee approved a plan which recommended the development of a universal classification code.

  3. Diagnosis of hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    The severity of a hearing loss is ranked according to ranges of nominal thresholds in which a sound must be so it can be detected by an individual. It is measured in decibels of hearing loss, or dB HL. The measurement of hearing loss in an individual is conducted over several frequencies, mostly 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz and 4000 Hz. The hearing ...

  4. Pure-tone audiometry - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the audiogram resulting from pure-tone audiometry gives an indication of the type of hearing loss as well as possible causes. Conductive hearing loss due to disorders of the middle ear shows as a flat increase in thresholds across the frequency range. Sensorineural hearing loss will have a contoured shape depending on the cause.

  5. Audiometry - Wikipedia

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    A pure tone audiometry hearing test is the gold standard for evaluation of hearing loss or disability. [ medical citation needed ] Other types of hearing tests also generate graphs or tables of results that may be loosely called 'audiograms', but the term is universally used to refer to the result of a pure tone audiometry hearing test.

  6. Hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. [5] Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. [6] [7] Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. [2] In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken language, and in adults it can create difficulties with social interaction and at work. [8]

  7. Nonsyndromic deafness - Wikipedia

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    Hearing loss that results from changes in the middle ear is called conductive hearing loss. The middle ear contains three tiny bones that help transfer sound from the eardrum to the inner ear. Some forms of nonsyndromic deafness involve changes in both the inner ear and the middle ear; this combination is called mixed hearing loss.

  8. Category:Hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Upload file; Special pages; ... Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... and hearing loss syndrome ...

  9. Template:User hearing aids/doc - Wikipedia

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