Diagnosis of hearing loss

Identification of a hearing loss is usually conducted by a general practitioner medical doctor, otolaryngologist, certified and licensed audiologist, school or industrial audiometrist, or other audiometric technician. Diagnosis of the cause of a hearing loss is carried out by a specialist physician (audiovestibular physician) or otorhinolaryngologist.

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Difference between subjective and objective hearing test .

Subjective:

  1. Requires child / parents participation & co-operation
  2. Informal assessment
  3. Measure overall functional ability
  4. Depends on behavioural techniques

Objective:

  1. Do not require the patient's participation
  2. Formal test
  3. Defines a patient's hearing ability, how well the ear works
  4. Depends on an autonomic physiologic response
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