audiometry

English

Etymology

audio- + -metry

Noun

audiometry (countable and uncountable, plural audiometries)

  1. (medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
    • 1997, Henry Tobin, Practical Hearing Aid Selection And Fitting:
      The first visit includes pure-tone, speech and immittance audiometry, loudness judgments for pulsed tones, assessment of individuals' motivation toward amplification, counselling . . .

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