AUDIOLOGY AND
HEARING LOSS
As increasingly noisy environments threaten the aural health
of more and more people, it is becoming increasingly important to
understand the basic structure and function of the ear, and the
threat to its proper functioning that noise exposure creates. This
information is organized in five major topics:
A) Basic terms referring to the
ear and its study;
B) Audiometry and the
measurement of hearing ability;
C) The ear: its anatomical
structure and function;
D) Hearing loss and
impairments, the basic types and their causes;
E) Damage-risk criteria
established to minimize hearing loss, particularly in
industry.
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