Question
Some tinnitus sound therapies require matching the tinnitus to a known stimulus. How can I do this with an audiometer?
Answer
Most conventional audiometers only have a frequency range up to 8000 Hz in half-octave intervals. If the tinnitus is below 8000 Hz, one will be able to estimate the pitch of the tinnitus to the accuracy of a half octave. However, this may not be sensitive enough for some sound therapy protocols. With the Inventis Piano Plus using the HDA transducers, the examiner can obtain a more accurate measurement of the pitch of the tinnitus using the multi-frequency option. The Multi-frequency option gives one the flexibility of presenting stimuli up to 24 points per octave. Also, with this transducer, the stimuli can be presented as high as 20,000 Hz.
For more information, please view the following resources: Inventis Piano • Introduction or Inventis Piano • PTA, HF, Multi Frequency
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