Understanding Audiometry and Audiograms

This video contains a visual explanation of audiometry and audiograms, aimed at helping students of medicine and healthcare professionals prepare for exams.
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[@Pro0osh]

This is the second time I watch your video... Even though PTA was explained for us by our professors many times.. I only understood it fully from your video... really great job

[@ZeroToFinals]

Great to hear!

[@MovieHeretic]

Great introduction to Audiograms, really nailed for me the differences between sensorineural, conductive, and mixed hearing results. Now have to find something this excellent to explain the point of lesion and pathology indicators.

[@alejaguerrer8815]

I understood better than in three hours of class. Thank You !!

[@nashesmith]

I really wish I had this video when I was in college. I struggled to understand this. This was so straight forward! Thank you

[@varunbide]

Loved the simple explanation, animation and narration! Thank you!

[@drvinothkumarj1491]

Understood very easily
My professor was teaching it like a rocket science

[@Omerkaya-io3rb]

I am so happy to learn how to read audiogram. Thank you. It feels great.

[@mamikievukeya7993]

brilliant video as always. short and veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery informative. I dont even feel like I have to re-read over the textbook again😊

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

I've worked as arecording engineer , for the last 6 years an Acoustic consultant now Iam looking up starting up my own audiometry business with some other sound/audio related services.

[@zarahutabarat8819]

Very informative and super helpful !! Thanks for the great video!

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[@mohdparvez9874]

Great explanation, and the visuals helped a lot

[@shivalikabisht1097]

Simple, Concise, Perfect!

[@faceyourfears208]

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This is the best video ever! Makes so much sense! Thank you so much ☀

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very straight forward and easy to understand thank you very much

[@nahidmahamud8099]

Short and precise. Thanks.

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Beautifully explained!!

[@smdmlk]

It's very helpful for us. Thank you so much sir.

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You are super teacher,, make it very easy to understand ❤

[@saadj.chughtai5933]

So clear to understand all because of your video

[@HighHell99]

Thanks, I have an ENT exam in 2 hours, and this helped greatly!
Simple and to the point.

[@janbalsarad1896]

Very good and easy way of expressing.

[@Pro0osh]

Thank you so much
Great explanation

[@humy1999]

Thank you so much for this fantastic video!

[@kamal8426]

Very clear, Excellent video

[@mirhanoor6309]

Understand ...and clear all concepts

[@muhammadahmed6038]

This is gold!💛💛THANK YOU

[@arbulnisar8326]

Very nice explanation.
Thank you.

[@sophieahsomrah7978]

Love this! SO comprehensive

[@fadiazar7357]

Thank you a lot . That was so clear to understand

[@MarcinPleskacz]

Tonal audiometry is a SUBJECTIVE metod of testing patient's hearing, as we rely on their response. There are a lot of other OBJECTIVE metods, but you described a subjective one ;)

[@zetalambda76]

Great information! Thank you

[@sabawoonmohmand4911]

Very informative! Thank you.

[@johnkneelad]

Thank you very much for that info.

[@zusakhentloko]

thank you - a grateful first year .

[@vishabhsingh2255]

This is subjective test not Objective

[@rumeysaeed1]

Thats right

[@guptajimbbsstudent1451]

What is objective test for hearing?

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[@mohammadal-drees3106]

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Incredible. What took weeks to breakdown from a text and practice tests took 4:57 to finally understand right here.

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[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

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Thanks you made it damn easy I never understood that much of it

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[@ZeroToFinals]

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[@Blondie2276]

Mine was in 25 sc moderate sensorneural hearing loss. Im going soon to doc. I already had 3 test done at school 2 donw by professionals. So woild i get fitted for hearing aids that day?

[@dinutoni7598]

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[@ZeroToFinals]

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[@pfunkle]

If you are using this to study and have also learned about masking,
The symbols for bone conduction in this video are the masked bone conduction symbols, ] and [
The symbols for unmasked bone conduction are > and <
You do not use the ] and [ symbols unless you have masked for bone conduction at that frequency.
For type of hearing loss,
It is also important to note that not all of the thresholds have to conform to the rules presented here.
If even one bone conduction threshold is greater than your normal range, we consider that person to have sensorineural hearing loss.
If two or more frequencies have significant air-bone gaps (15 or more), we consider that person to have conductive hearing loss.
It doesn't have to be the same across the entire audiogram.
Happy studying!

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[@janeulalia]

Amazing explanation!

[@ZeroToFinals]

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[@user-uw7ms4tt2m]

What is true about the frequency in a hearing test?
1) Frequency affects the "pitch"
2) Frequency affects the "loudness"
3) Frequency is measured in decibel units
4) Frequency can also be a negative number

[@Nightrider238]

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[@venkatpandith1722]

Helpful

[@amanwithmorals3278]

I'm 20 year old and sometime i can't understand what people are saying and mishear words also i experience some fluttering and ringing sound in my ear occasionally. So, i did PTA test and it came normal. All plots were above 20 Db or at 20 Db(250 hz and 4000 hz). And three frequency average was 11.3 Db andd 13.3 Db for left and right ear. Is it normal? If yes then why i face difficulty hearing and understanding sometime.

[@pratapbairagi7824]

Can some tell me that what features needed in a perfect hearing aid on the basis of hearing threshold test (audiogram) ?? Please!!! I have the test report can anyone advice me?

[@ChangesOneTim]

For people with a sharp ski-slope audiogram (mine is 20dB @125Hz then 75dB @250Hz), is it not possible to test intermediate pitches (tones) between the normal pitches so that hearing aids can be better fine-tuned? If not, why not?

[@Intellectual_House]

maybe you could ask the audiologist program your hearing aids using your real ear measurement
maybe that could help ?
hope you will find a solution

[@ChangesOneTim]

@@Intellectual_House
Over here (Britain) I don't think most dispenser audiologists believe in REM anyway, but from other replies even if they did, the programming doesn't allow tones in that area to be adjusted. My dispenser has since shown that to me on Oticon's Genie software. SFA he knows it's the same for the More, so in that respect fine-tune is no better than for Opn1.

[@pfunkle]

Yes, if there is a steep slope between octaves (typically 20 dB or more), the inter-octaves are tested and used for programming. On the audiogram, these include 750 Hz, 1500 Hz, 3000 Hz, and 6000 Hz. I am not sure the inter-octave between 125Hz and 250Hz is available for most audiometers (most don't test below 250 Hz), and if it's even calibrated for that.

[@ChangesOneTim]

@@pfunkle
Thanks. It seems that no manufacturer's software offers measurement or adjustment in the inter-octave between 125dB and 250dB. One dispenser reckons that if it was available it's unlikely to improve my hearing clarity despite what the audiogram shows...but then how can anyone know that until I can try it?!

[@pfunkle]

@@ChangesOneTim their logic is most likely due to the majority of speech information being in the "higher" frequencies, like 1000-3000 Hz (that is a very general range). The low frequencies 125-750 Hz contain most of the "volume" or intensity of the speech signal, but don't have much to do with what we commonly think of as "clarity" of speech.
If you don't mind me asking, does your hearing continue to decline after 250 Hz? Or is it flat, or even rising?
I'm hoping you are at least in a BTE with an earmold? 75 dB of loss at 250 is certainly a challenging hearing loss to fit well.

[@vijaychauhan3350]

Helped me

[@Missmethinksalot1]

Life saver

[@KeightKrafts]

This helps.

[@Pro0osh]

R.I.P my ENT professor