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BERA, ABR (Continued) • Uses click stimuli to elicit response • Responses measured through surface electrodes placed on forehead and mastoid areas • Listener does not need to respond

• Responses are recorded on a computer • Best response when patient is sleeping

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Special Testing

• Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) • Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA, ABR) • Pseudohypoacusis • Cochlear Implant Sentence Testing • Hearing Aids

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Pseudohypoacusis • Non-organic hearing loss

• Phychogenic hearing loss – not purposeful • Malingerer – intentional and purposeful

misrepresentation of hearing – for the purpose of deception • ALWAYS seek the assistance of an Audiologist for these listeners

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