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HEARING TEST [16 records]

Record 1 2025-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

A test that allows an audiologist to assess hearing in infants and toddlers too young for normal tests.

OBS

VRA relies on [behavioural] conditioning to train very young kids to respond to sounds. It is designed for children aged 6 months to around 2 to 3 years old.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
CONT

L'audiométrie par renforcement visuel [...] est un test de comportement auditif pour les bébés et enfants en bas âge ayant une perte auditive.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

Any test designed to assess ability to hear, either generally or in such specific abilities as pitch and rhythm discrimination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Épreuve effectuée en vue de déterminer certaines caractéristiques de l'audition. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

épreuve auditive; test auditif : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Oído
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Record 3 2014-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statutes and Regulations (Air Transport)
CONT

Further to the meeting on February 16, 1996, it was reported that the regional aviation medicine officers(RAMO) do not agree with the decision to include a colour deficiency test and a whispered hearing test in the Category 4 medical requirements for the Recreational Pilot Permit.

Key term(s)
  • color deficiency test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et législation (Transp. aérien)
CONT

À la suite de la réunion du 16 février 1996, on informe les membres que les agents médicaux régionaux de l'aviation (AMRA) ne sont pas d'accord avec la décision d'inclure le test de déficience dans la perception des couleurs ainsi que le test d'audition de chuchotements dans les exigences médicales de la catégorie 4 pour le permis de pilote de loisir.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Hearing
CONT

The ROTO is an affordable pure tone screening audiometer.... It is a simple to use handheld hearing screener that can be used to quickly and easily perform an accurate hearing test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Ouïe

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Oído
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Record 5 2013-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
CONT

The Hearing in Noise Test(HINT) measures a person's ability to hear speech in quiet and in noise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
OBS

test d'audition dans le bruit : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

A method of determining and quantifying the ability to hear a variety and range of audio frequencies with the help of an electronic device called an audiometer.

CONT

Audiometry provides a more precise measurement of hearing. Air conduction is tested by wearing earphones attached to the audiometer. Pure tones of controlled intensity are delivered to one ear at a time. The patient is asked to raise a hand, press a button, or otherwise indicate when he hears a sound. The minimum intensity(volume) required to hear each tone is graphed. An attachment called a bone oscillator is placed against the bone behind each ear(mastoid bone) to test bone conduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Méthode d'évaluation quantitative de l'acuité auditive pour les différents registres des fréquences sonores au moyen d'un appareil radioélectrique (audiomètre).

OBS

L'audiométrie peut être tonale (utilisant des sons purs), ou vocale (utilisant la voix étalonnée). Les variations des seuils de perception sont enregistrés sous forme d'audiogramme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Oído
DEF

[Método de] medición de la agudeza auditiva en relación con las diferentes frecuencias del sonido.

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Record 7 2012-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Hearing
CONT

The AZ26 clinical impedance audiometer is built to meet the demands of clinics and hearing specialists who require a comprehensive middle ear analyzer. Tympanometry with a range of pressure limits is available together with an extensive test battery of acoustic reflex tests which include reflex decay and latency measurement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Ouïe

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

An auditory test in which the loudness of a tone in the deafened ear is compared with or balanced against that in the normally hearing ear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

En otologie, épreuve auditive qui permet de comparer la perception du son dans l'oreille malade à celle dans l'oreille saine.

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

A hearing test relying on the effect of induced noise on a subject's hearing responses.

OBS

A test useful in assessing functional hearing loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Épreuve de détection de la surdité unilatérale simulée.

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

A test for differentiating between hearing impairment of conductive or sensorineural origin. The stem of a vibrating tuning fork is placed on the vertex or midline of the forehead; if the sound is heard best in the affected ear, the impairment is probably of the conductive type; if heard best in the normal ear, the impairment is probably of the sensorineural type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Test auditif permettant de distinguer une surdité de transmission d'une surdité de perception à l'aide d'un diapason appuyé au milieu du front. Le son est mieux perçu du côté malade quand la lésion porte sur l'appareil de transmission (oreille moyenne); il se localise au contraire du côté sain, dans les altérations de l'oreille interne.

Spanish

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Record 11 2007-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Hearing
DEF

In the results of a hearing test, the ear that presents the lowest audiometric performance in comparison to the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Oreille qui se révèle la moins performante à la suite d'une évaluation audiométrique.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

A test for detecting simulation of unilateral deafness.

CONT

Stenger Speech and Tone Tests... The Stenger test is based on the principal that a patient will only hear the louder stimulus when two identical stimuli are presented simultaneously at different intensities, one to each ear. The test is ideal for identifying a malingerers in the evaluation of non-organic hearing loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Une épreuve d'acoumétrie réciproque.

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A hearing test made by alternately placing the stem of a vibrating fork on the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the patient and holding it 1/2 inch from the external auditory meatus until it is no longer heard at one of these positions. When air conduction is greater than bone conduction, it indicates normal hearing or sensorineural hearing loss. When bone conduction is greater than air conduction, it indicates conductive hearing loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A hearing test made by alternately placing the stem of a vibrating fork on the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the patient and that of the examiner until it is no longer heard by one of them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
OBS

(Hirsh, La mesure de l'audition, 1956, p. 328).

Spanish

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Record 16 1990-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe

Spanish

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