title: Audiological evaluation.
abstract: This chapter describes the basic audiological tests used in otoneurological evaluation. The interpretation of pure tone and speech audiometry in the discrimination of specific disorders caused by lesions in the middle ear, cochlea, or auditory nervous system is described. The value of the acoustic middle ear reflex and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in the differential diagnosis of disorders affecting the cochlea and auditory nervous system is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Møller
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods; D001302:Audiometry, Speech / Q000379:methods; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012022:Reflex, Acoustic / Q000502:physiology