In the U.S. alone, over 13% of the U.S. population (30 million people) has some form of diagnosed hearing loss. The number of people who suffer from hearing loss is likely higher as better diagnostic ...

(Yes, stretching is a form of exercise!) And if any stretch causes a sharp pain ... Nicholas notes that almost every new patient he sees requires an audiogram, a test that takes about 20-30 minutes.

You may be referred to a hearing specialist, an audiologist, to have an audiogram. An audiogram is a test in which sounds are played through headphones to one ear at a time. You are asked to respond ...

Other students may be placed in a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Services classroom. Whatever the right intervention is, audiologists “can’t do it without an audiogram,” a diagnostic assessment ...

The pure-tone audiogram of 12 July 1999 (Figure 2) shows essentially normal hearing in the left ear. The right ear showed a mild sensorineural loss beginning at 1500 Hz and a moderate-to-severe ...