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au·di·om·e·ter (ôd-m-tr)
n.
An electrical instrument for measuring the threshold of hearing for pure tones of normally audible frequencies generally varying from 200 to 8000 hertz and recorded in decibels.
audi·o·metric (--mtrk) adj.
audi·o·me·trician (--m-trshn) n.
audi·ome·try n.
audiometer
[ô′dē·om′ətər]
Etymology: L, audire + Gk, metron, measure
an electronic device for testing hearing. Earphones are placed over the ears (air-conduction testing), or a bone vibrator is placed on the mastoid (bone conduction testing). Hearing is tested by using tones from very low to very high frequencies at various decibels of intensity. The patient signals when a tone is heard, and the lowest level at which the patient hears is noted on an audiogram.
audiometer (ôdēom´tr),
n a device for testing hearing; calibrated to register hearing loss in terms of decibels.
audiometer
instrument used to measure the quality of a patient's hearing.


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