单词 | audiometry |
释义 | audiometryn. Testing or measurement of the sense of hearing, esp. by the use of an audiometer; the branch of technology concerned with this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > audiology or audiometry > [noun] audiometry1885 audiology1946 psychoacoustics1948 1885 S. Fallows Progressive Dict. Eng. Lang. Audiometry, the testing of the sense of hearing, especially by means of the audiometer. 1931 Lancet 4 July 20/2 A method of audiometry by tuning-forks. 1969 D. Wright Deafness ii. ix. 131 Later I saw a pure-tone audiometry test being given to a boy of six or seven. 2002 Times 11 Feb. ii. (Med. Guide) 16/3 A diagnosis can be made using an otoscope, which illuminates the ear, and hearing tests (audiometry). Derivatives ˌaudiomeˈtrician n. = audiometrist n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > audiology or audiometry > [noun] > practitioner of audiometrist1936 audiologist1941 audiometrician1946 psychoacoustician1955 1946 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Mar. 367/1 It is not necessary to have an otologist as the audiometrician. 1963 Hark! 4 70 They were helped by the loan of equipment for free hearing tests, with two audiometricians in attendance throughout the displays. 2001 Occup. & Environmental Med. 58 47/1 An occupational physician with audiological training, and a senior audiometrician, were recruited. audiˈometrist n. a person trained to perform audiometry. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > audiology or audiometry > [noun] > practitioner of audiometrist1936 audiologist1941 audiometrician1946 psychoacoustician1955 1936 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 103/3 This is exactly the way a trained Audiometrist goes about it. 1948 Hansard Commons 11 Dec. (Written Answers) 221 To recruit trained audiometrists to ensure the suitable allocation of the aural aids. 2010 M. N. Hegde & D. Davis Clin. Methods Speech-Language Pathol. 124 The school nurse, licensed as an audiometrist, often performs hearing screenings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1885 |
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