AUDIOGRAM INTERPRETATION

Course overview

AUDIOGRAMS ARE AN ESSENTIAL METHOD TO ASSESS HEARING THRESHOLDS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH HEARING LOSS. AUDIOGRAMS QUANTIFY THE DEGREE OF HEARING LOSS AND THE TYPE OF HEARING LOSS (SENSORINEURAL OR CONDUCTIVE). FURTHERMORE, VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES OF HEARING LOSS MAY DEMONSTRATE CHARACTERISTIC PATTERNS ON THE AUDIOGRAM. TOGETHER WITH THE COMPLETE AUDIOLOGICAL EVALUATION, AUDIOGRAMS REPRESENT A POWERFUL TOOL FOR DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF HEARING LOSS SO THAT PRACTITIONERS CAN IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE TREATMENTS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INTERPRETATION OF AUDIOGRAMS AND THEIR ROLE IN IDENTIFYING PATTERNS OF OTOLOGIC DISEASE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEARING LOSS.