Speech Audiometry - An overview

Pure tone audiometry provides only partial information about a patient’s ability to hear and, most importantly, to understand speech — the most relevant auditory signal in daily life. To evaluate how well a patient perceives spoken language, speech audiometry is performed.

In speech audiometry, the patient is presented with a series of standardized speech stimuli — typically single syllables, words, or phrases — designed to assess specific aspects of auditory performance.

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