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| brainstem auditory evoked response testing |
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| otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) |
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| term used to refer collectively to acoustic impedance, admittance, or both |
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| total energy flow through a system, unit of measure is mmhos |
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| pressure equalization (PE) tubes |
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| tympanometric peak pressure |
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| measurement plane tympanometry |
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| peak compensated static acoustic admittance |
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| equivalent ear canal volume |
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| the use of acoustic admittance to gain information regarding equivalent ear canal volume |
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| the interval in daPA between the sides of the tympanogram at one half admittance |
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| involuntary response to some external stimulus |
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| the response of the stapedius muscle to sound |
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| acoustic reflex threshold |
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| the lowest intensity level at which the acoustic reflex can be detected |
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| ipsilateral acoustic reflexes |
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| contralateral acoustic reflexes |
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| spontaneous otoacoustic emissions |
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| evoked otoacoustic emissions |
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| neonatal hearing screening |
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| auditory evoked potentials |
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| a change in nerve or muscle activity |
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| electroencephalography (EEG) |
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| scalp electrodes are placed on the client and the ongoing electrical bran potentials are measured and recorded on a graph (electroencephalogram) |
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| auditory evoked potential testing |
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| refers to a group of all tests that evoke brain activity by the introduction of auditory stimuli |
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| time at which the evoked potential appears following stimulation |
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| components of evoked potentials that are controlled by external events |
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| components of potentials that are regulated by internal aspects of brain activity |
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| refers to the time at which each of the individual waves appear |
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| interaural latency difference (ILD) |
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| the shape or definition of the waves in the results of an ABR |
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| an attempt to record the sum of the neural activity across the entire frequency region of the cochlea in response to click stimulation |
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| latency-intensity function |
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| the recording of compound action potentials from the cochlea and eighth cranial nerve |
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| a reduction in the initial amplitude of the acoustic reflex, abnormal if the reduction is more than 50 percent of the initial amplitude within a 10 second stimulation period when the ear is stimulated at an intensity 10 dB about the reflex threshold |
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