FREE VOICE AND THE PURE TONE AUDIOMETER FOR ROUTINE TESTING OF AUDITORY ACUITY; STUDIES ON THE COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY

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Abstract:

A reference paper on auditory acuity testing is presented, designed to help the beginning worker reach a decision as to which test or tests he should institute, and to provide a body of data against which the experienced worker may check his own procedures. Data is summarized from this and other laboratories bearing on the relative usability of the free voice and the pure tone audiometer as tests of auditory acuity. It is found the consensus of most studios that a careful voice test and pure tone audiometry through the speech range 512-2048 c.p.s. are intimately connected and measure almost the same auditory function. A comparison of six studios reveals the relationship between the two tests to be a straight-line function. Statements cited to the effect that speech and audiometry are not related are definitely contraverted.

Author(s):
Harris, J. D.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB NEW LONDON CT
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept. no. 1
Supplementary Note:
Published in the Archives of Otolaryngology, v44 p452-467, October 1946.
Pagination:
0017

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NMRL-78
Project Number(s):
NAVMED-X-487
Monitor Series:
78, NMRL
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_5.4_Decide
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*AUDIOMETRY, *AUDITORY ACUITY, FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL EXAMINATION, REPRINTS, SOUND, SPEECH
Field(s)/Group(s):
Anatomy and Physiology, Medicine and Medical Research
Report Date:
1946 Oct 01