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(4) Give the following instructions to the patient:
“As soon as you hear the tone, press and release the response
switch.
(5) Fit the headset to the patient.
4.5.2 Familiarisation
If the “Use familiarization” option has been selected (see Section 3.4.2) an
automatic test will commence with a trial run at 1kHz starting from -10dB
to allow the patient to become familiar with the increasing level and
operating the response switch.
If the automatic familiarisation run is not used (or if the patient is having
difficulty responding to the presented tones) the familiarisation process
described in Section 4.4.2 may be used.
4.5.3 Test
(1) To test both ears ensure that the left ear is selected
(2) To test the right ear only ensure that the right ear is selected; to test
the left ear only cancel the test by pressing the RESET key once the
right ear testing has commenced
(3) To initiate a test press the AUTO key
(4) If selected the familiarisation option will run
(5) The automatic test proper will then commence
The test will proceed, starting at 1kHz followed by the higher frequencies
before testing at lower frequencies. The frequencies 125Hz and 750Hz
are always omitted from an automatic test, along with any other
frequencies that have been specifically excluded (250Hz, 1.5kHz or
8kHz).
The test may be cancelled at any time by pressing the RESET key; any
thresholds already established will be retained unless cleared or
overwritten.
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