Hearing Tests

Acoustic Reflex Test, Audiometry, Auditory Brainstem Evoked Potential (ABEP) Test, Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) Test, Pure Tone Audiometry, Rinne Test, Schwabach Test, Tuning Fork Test, Weber Test, Whispered Speech Test

References

Other Works Consulted

  • Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics (2000). Recommendations for preventive pediatric health care (RE9939). Pediatrics, 105(3): 645. Also available online: http://www.aap.org/policy/re9939.html.


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Author: Monica RhodesLast Updated: April 30, 2007
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Donald R. Mintz, MD - Otolaryngology
Charles M. Myer, III, MD - Otolaryngology

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Topic Contents
 Test Overview
 Why It Is Done
 How To Prepare
 How It Is Done
 How It Feels
 Risks
 Results
 What Affects the Test
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