What behavioral test diagnoses hearing loss?
Bone Conduction
AC and BC thresholds at 20 dB HL or better.
Normal peripheral hearing sensitivity

BTE hearing aid
This person is being kind of sus by changing the subject slightly.
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First "test" you perform
Otoscopy
What is the method for pure tone testing?
Bracketing
SNHL
No stapes? No problem .. if you use this amplification device.
BAHA
No sure if I can't speak cat ... or if I just don't understand this cat's communication strategy.

Non-specific repair strategy.
We're going down the yellow brick auditory pathway!
What does air conduction tell us?
The degree/severity of hearing loss
You won't find this audiological test in a magazine quiz that tells you your type!
Bone Conduction thresholds
You've heard about the chicken .. but how about the sound that tried to get to the other side?
CROS
Don't do what these penguins are telling you to do if you want to have better communication!
What is masking?
Keeping the better ear busy when testing the poorer ear
What speech test gives us insight into a patient's functional listening ability?
WRS
Mixed hearing loss looks like this on an audiogram
BC greater than 25
AC greater than 25
ABG greater than 10
I'm working late cause I'm an audiologist / That looks so cute wrapped around your ear

RIC
Look, Ross was just trying to facilitate communication in this room .. got any other ideas?
Avoid noisy situations, choose favorable seating, disclose hearing difficulties, etc
Real Ear Measures or Un/aided Soundfield test
What 2 parts of the hearing test do we use to assess a patient's reliability?
PTA and SRT
ABG does not mean Asian Baby Girl .. it means this about a hearing loss.
The conductive component of the hearing loss.
They said its so noisy in this room / They said do you want to go to my home / I said all I need a ____
remote microphone
Noah is really begging Allie to just influence his speaking behaviors. (what type of strategy is this)
Instructional Strategy
Ex: Could you face me, please?
Stapedius