What is an Audiologist? An audiologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing and balance disorders. They have extensive knowledge of the ear and auditory system and use a variety of tests to ass
The edge frequency is calculated by finding the largest difference in hearing threshold between one tested frequency and the next (e.g. 2000 Hz and 4000 Hz in standard Pure Tone Audiometry). Finally, there were also two multi-feature studies that did not differentiate between the directionality...
(1) Introduction: The validity of self-reported hearing disability measures has been assessed using their correlation with the pure-tone average (PTA) hearing loss for non-cognitively impaired adults. However, for people with cognitive impairment, factors in addition to the PTA can play a role in...