Hearing Threshold in Audiometry Testing: Pure Tone Versus Warble Tone.

Md Zakaria, Nur Annisa Rohaya and Rosli, Raihana and Tengku Zam Zam, Tengku Zulaila Hasma (2021) Hearing Threshold in Audiometry Testing: Pure Tone Versus Warble Tone. International journal of allied health sciences, 5 (6). pp. 2530-2534. E-ISSN 2600-8491

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Abstract

Background: It has long been debated among audiologists whether pure tone and warble tone can be used interchangeably in clinical settings to quantify the amount of hearing threshold. The disputes on this issue inspired this study to investigate the differences in hearing threshold between pure tone and warble tone in audiometry testing. Materials and Methods: Audiometric test was conducted on 20 normal hearing adults (40 ears) at six frequencies at octave intervals from 250 Hz to 8000 Hz with three different stimuli presentation; (i) pure-tone stimulus (PT); (ii) warble tone stimulus presented for 2-3second (WT3); and. (iii) warble tone stimulus presented for 4 seconds and more (WT4). Result: This study found that WT4 elicited the lowest threshold as compared to the other two stimulus presentation: PT and WT3. No significant differences observed between PT and WT3 thresholds. There were significant differences between PT and WT4 at all frequencies except for 250 Hz and 8000 Hz; as well as between WT3 and WT4 at all frequencies except for 2000 Hz and 8000 Hz. However, all differences were not clinically significant. Conclusion: These findings support the notion that warble tone can be used to measure thresholds since the substitutions did not violate the 5-dB step size in clinical application.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QP Physiology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Depositing User:	Tengku Zulaila Hasma Tengku Zam Zam
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2022 15:12
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2022 15:12
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/97053

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