AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Pure Tones • Instruct patient to respond "yes" when they hear a beep • May also have them raise hand or press button • Start at 1k Hz • Start at 40 dB and play pulsed beep • If patient does not respond, increase loudness of beep by 15 dB until they respond "yes"

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Pure Tone Testing

• Once a "yes" is obtained, move dial by 10 dB "up" the graph (lower in dB) • When the patient stops responding, move the dial 5 dB "down" the graph (higher in dB) until they respond again • Obtain threshold twice • Record on audiogram and move to next frequency

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Pure Tone Example

YES

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