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Ahearingtestprovidesanevaluationofthesensitivityofaperson'ssenseofhearingandismostoftenperformedbyanaudiologistusinganaudiometer.

Evaluation of the sensitivity of a persons sense of hearing

A hearing test provides an evaluation of the sensitivity of a persons sense of hearing and is most often performed by an audiologist using an audiometer. An audiometer is used to determine a persons hearing sensitivity at different frequencies. There are other hearing tests as well, e.g., Weber test and Rinne test.

Prior to the hearing test, the ears of the patient are usually examined with an otoscope to make sure they are free of wax, that the eardrum is intact, the ears are not infected, and the middle ear is free of fluid (indicating middle ear infection).[citation needed]

The standard and most common type of hearing test is pure tone audiometry, which measures the air and bone conduction thresholds for each ear in a set of 8 standa...