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…
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…
Creating a custom print template Opening the Print Wizard: Open the Affinity2.0 or Callisto™ Suite from your patient management system, Noah, OtoAccess®, or standalone. You can access the setup for p…
What is the speech in quiet (SIQ) test? The SIQ test is a method of testing a patient’s functional hearing in the absence of any competing sound. The objective of this is to identify their functional…
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…
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…
The Affinity 2.0 and Callisto™ software suites have the ability to allow custom print layouts to be created and used alongside the VIOT Suite and Titan Suite. This enables data from various tests to…
Required equipment Equinox Evo Headphones, insert phones, or free field speakers Talk back microphone and talk forward microphone A microphone, external sound player, or built-in wave files Test proc…
Required equipment Equinox Evo Patient response button Headphones or insert phones Test procedure First, set up the protocol to do ABLB as this is not a separate test screen. Go to Menu | Setup | AC4…
If the results of the aided cortical test suggest that changes or improvements can be made to the patient's device or amplification, then it is important to understand how and when to make such adjus…
Difficulty with hearing in background noise is a common complaint among people with hearing loss. The measurement of signal-to-noise ratio loss (SNR loss) is important because a person’s ability to u…
What is the caloric test? The caloric test is a test of the lateral semicircular canals which identifies the degree to which the vestibular system is responsive and determines how symmetric the respo…
