What is the speech in noise (SIN) test? The SIN test is a method of testing a patient’s functional hearing in the presence of competing sound (Taylor, 2003). The objective of this is to identify thei…
What is the acceptable noise level (ANL) test? The acceptable noise level (ANL) test is a method of determining how much noise the patient is able to tolerate whilst listening to a target signal/spea…
The BSA Clinical Practice Guidelines recommend using the NAL-NL1/NAL-NL2 fitting formulae when performing Adult hearing aid verification. The choice between the use of the REIG (insertion gain) or th…
What is the Stenger test? The Stenger test is based on the auditory phenomenon “The Stenger Principle” and is used when a patient is suspected malingering a hearing loss. The Stenger Principle states…
What is the Hughson-Westlake procedure? The Hughson-Westlake procedure is an automatic pure tone audiometry test. In this test method, the threshold of hearing is defined as 2 out of 3 (or 3 out of 5…
What is the Stenger test? The Stenger test is based on the auditory phenomenon “The Stenger Principle” and is used when a patient is suspected malingering a hearing loss. The Stenger Principle states…
What is the Hughson-Westlake procedure? The Hughson-Westlake procedure is an automated pure tone audiometry test. During the ascending portion of the tone presentation, the threshold of hearing is de…
What is the speech in noise (SIN) test? The speech in noise (SIN) test is a method of testing a patient’s functional hearing in the presence of competing sound (Taylor, 2003). The objective of this i…
What is the acceptable noise level (ANL) test? The acceptable noise level (ANL) test is a method of determining how much noise the patient is able to tolerate whilst listening to a target signal/spea…
What is the Stenger test? The Stenger test is based on the auditory phenomenon “The Stenger Principle” and is used when a patient is suspected malingering a hearing loss. The Stenger Principle states…
What is the Hughson-Westlake procedure? Hughson Westlake is an automatic pure tone test procedure. In this test method, the threshold of hearing is defined as 2 out of 3 (or 3 out of 5) correct respo…
What is the Hughson-Westlake procedure? The Hughson-Westlake procedure is an automatic pure tone audiometry test. In this test method, the threshold of hearing is defined as 2 out of 3 (or 3 out of 5…
