AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

SRT- Do I Need to Mask? • Headphones? • Inserts? • Which ear?

Example 1 Right Ear: 15 Left Ear: 55

Example 2 Right Ear: 70 Left Ear: 10

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Learning Objective 3

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Pure Tone Masking

• Mask when there is a difference between ears of 40 dB (headphones) or 60 dB (inserts) • Effective masking (starting point) = 15 dB • Must use 3 "jumps" of 5 dB to re-establish threshold before it can be marked

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