This video provides an overview of concussion and how this type of brain injury sits in the field of vestibular audiology. The diagnostic considerations for concussion patients will be explored, with…
What are distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs)? Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAEs) are acoustic signals that can be detected in the ear canal of a person with normal outer…
Screening protocols It is possible to create a screening protocol in the TEOAE module that provides a test outcome labelled as PASS, REFER or INCOMPLETE. The application of TEOAEs in screening is ver…
What is speech audiometry? Most people acquiring hearing aids report trouble hearing speech, or more often trouble hearing speech in noise. Here speech testing becomes a strong test tool in the asses…
What is the Masking Level Difference (MLD)? The Masking Level Difference (MLD) is the improvement in detecting a tone or speech in noise when the phase of the tone or the noise is reversed by 180 deg…
What is speech audiometry? Most people acquiring hearing aids report trouble hearing speech, or more often trouble hearing speech in noise. Here speech testing becomes a strong test tool in the asses…
What is the masking level difference (MLD)? The masking level difference (MLD) is the improvement in detecting a tone or speech in noise when the phase of the tone or the noise is reversed by 180 deg…
In adults and older children, traditional speech testing is used as a method of establishing whether the patient's hearing device(s) are working as desired. In much younger children, this isn't yet p…
What is speech audiometry? Speech audiometry, also known as speech testing, employs speech signals to assess if the patient has problems hearing speech or speech in noise. Speech audiometry can be us…
Electrical Evoked Stapedial Reflex Thresholds (eSRT) can be a very useful objective measure for the upper stimulus levels during the programming of a cochlear implant (Brickley et al., 2005; Buckler…
Screening protocols It is possible to create a screening protocol in the DPOAE module that provides a test outcome labelled as PASS, REFER or INCOMPLETE. The application of DPOAEs in screening is ver…
Rotary chair testing is one among many tests of vestibular function. We've put this article together to give you a thorough idea of what it is, and how you can implement it in your vestibular test ba…
