Foreword

vii

Preface

ix

1

Greeting the Patient

1

2

The Patient Interview

7

3

Otoscopic Examination

13

4

Immittance Instrumentation

21

5

Tympanometry

27

6

Acoustic Reflex Thresholds

41

7

Acoustic Reflex Decay

57

8

Audiometer Instrumentation

61

9

Biologic Check of Audiometer Instrumentation

71

10

Obtaining a Threshold

75

11

Obtaining an Unmasked Air-Conduction Audiogram

85

12

Obtaining an Unmasked Bone-Conduction Audiogram

93

13

Masking

97

14

Speech Thresholds

135

15

Word Recognition Testing

141

16

Masking for Speech Audiometry

149

17

The Stenger Test

155

18

Tuning Fork Tests

165

19

Interpreting Test Results

173

20

Counseling the Patient

183

21

Reporting Results

189

References

193

Index

195