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Inconsistencies (Continued) • Replicability not good from test to test (Should be + or – 5 to 10dB)

• Good discrimination scores at a test level lower than professed thresholds

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The Stenger Test • Designed for those claiming a unilateral hearing loss

• Principle – when 2 tones of the same frequency are presented to both ears simultaneously, the louder tone will be perceived

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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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