PIPB Function – Procedure and Application

PIPB Function – Procedure and Application

PIPB Function – Procedure and Application: Patient’s speech recognition performance depends on the intensity of the test materials it is called  PIPB ( Performance Intensity Phonetically Balanced) Function Test when phonemically balanced PB words are used....
What is Clinical Masking In Hearing Tests?

What is Clinical Masking In Hearing Tests?

What is Clinical Masking In Hearing Tests?:  Clinical masking allows accurate assessment for each ear separately by withdrawing or preventing the non-test ear or (NTE) from participating in hearing while testing the other ear (test ear/ TE). Clinical masking must be...
What is Hearing Loss and its type?

What is Hearing Loss and its type?

What is Hearing Loss and its type?: Hearing, or auditory perception, is the ability to perceive sounds through an organ, such as an ear, by detecting vibrations as periodic changes in the pressure of a surrounding medium. Hearing Loss A person who is not able to hear...
Different Types of Stimuli used in Speech Audiometry

Different Types of Stimuli used in Speech Audiometry

Different Types of Stimuli used in Speech Audiometry: Speech Audiometry is a auditory assessment using different types of speech stimuli. In Speech Audiometry for measuring threshold two different types of tests speech detection threshold (SDT) and speech recognition...