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auditory threshold

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auditory threshold
Etymology: L, audire, to hear; AS, threscold
the lowest intensity at which a sound may be heard. An audiologist typically determines a patient's threshold for pure tones and speech.


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Auditory steady-state response (ASSR) audiometry is a commercially available tool that is used to predict behavioral auditory threshold levels.
laboratory initiated an animal study to investigate the effects of transtympanic steroids on cochlear blood flow, auditory threshold sensitivity, and histology.
Newborns who are considered to be at risk for hearing loss must undergo BERA testing to ascertain their auditory threshold, I-V latency interval, and I/V amplitude ratio.
 
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