Definition of Audiometer

1. Noun. An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing.


Definition of Audiometer

1. n. An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

Definition of Audiometer

1. Noun. An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Audiometer

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Audiometer

1. An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale. Origin: L. Audire to hear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Audiometer

audioanalgesia
audiobook
audiobooks
audiogenic
audiogenic seizure
audiogram
audiograms
audiologic
audiological
audiologies
audiologist
audiologists
audiology
audiometer (current term)
audiometers
audiometric
audiometries
audiometrist
audiometry
audion tube
audiophile
audiophiles
audiophilia
audios
audiotape
audiotaped
audiotapes
audiotaping

Literary usage of Audiometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1880)
"PROFESSOR HUGHES'S audiometer. In a recent paper read before the ... It has been christened the audiometer, and will no doubt become an indispensable help ..."

2. The University of Iowa Studies in Psychology by University of Iowa (1897)
"MEASUREMENT OF AUDITORY ACUITY WITH THE IOWA PITCH RANGE audiometer by By BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ZUEHL, PH.D. Description of apparatus; procedure and technique ..."

3. Archives of Otology (1905)
"After a critique by Dr. H. Knapp,1 the author wrote as follows : "The friendly reception and criticism given to my brochure, An Objective audiometer and its ..."

4. Electricity in the Service of Man: A Popular and Practical Treatise on the by Alfred Urbanitzky, Richard Wormell (1886)
"The audiometer, or sonometer, shown in Fig. 735, is an extremely sensitive instrument used in testing the sensitiveness or acuteness of hearing in different ..."

5. Education of Deaf Children: Evidence of Edward Miner Gallaudet and Alexander by Edward Miner Gallaudet, Alexander Graham Bell (1892)
"•In giving audiometer readings the right ear is always given first if there is a difference in the two ears. Dr. Peet has selected two classes of ten each ..."

6. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"... series of intensities.2 Typical of these instruments is Seashore's SEASHORE S audiometer. 'For description, see Hausen and Leumann (7). audiometer ..."

7. Experimental Science: Elementary, Practical and Experimental Physics by George Milton Hopkins (1890)
"... INDUCTION BALANCE AND audiometer. With this apparatus the condition of the hearing apparatus may be ascertained, and the hearing capacity ..."

8. Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus by Larry Humes, Lois Mary Joellenbeck, Jane Durch (2006)
"Hearing threshold levels of one person tested on this audiometer are recorded ... Biological audiometer calibration checks will be perfonned every day the ..."

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