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Descriptor English: Audiometry
Descriptor Spanish: Audiometría
Descriptor audiometría
Scope note: Evaluación de la agudeza del sentido del oído para determinar los umbrales de los niveles más bajos de intensidad a los que un individuo puede oír un conjunto de tonos. Para evaluar los umbrales de conducción aérea se usan las frecuencias entre 125 y 8000 Hz y para los umbrales de conducción ósea las frecuencias entre 250 y 4000 Hz.
Descriptor Portuguese: Audiometria
Descriptor French: Audiométrie
Entry term(s): Audiometries
Tree number(s): E01.370.382.375.060
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001299
Scope note: The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.
Annotation: a specific type of hearing test: do not use as a general term for "the measurement of hearing" ( = HEARING TESTS)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Related: Acoustic Impedance Tests MeSH
DeCS ID: 1304
Unique ID: D001299
NLM Classification: WV 272
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Audiometry - Preferred
Concept UI M0001957
Scope note The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.
Preferred term Audiometry
Entry term(s) Audiometries



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