Assessment of Hearing During the Early Years of the American Otological Society. (April 2018)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Assessment of Hearing During the Early Years of the American Otological Society. (April 2018)
- Main Title:
- Assessment of Hearing During the Early Years of the American Otological Society
- Authors:
- Fitzgerald, Matthew B.
Jackler, Robert K. - Abstract:
- Abstract : Objective: To describe the manner in which hearing was evaluated in American Otological Practice during the late 19th and early 20th centuries before introduction of the electric audiometer. Methods: Primary sources were the Transactions of the American Otological Society and American textbooks, especially those authored by Presidents of the Society. Results: In the era before electric audiometry multiple methods were used for evaluating the thresholds of different frequencies. Tuning forks were important for lower frequencies, whisper, and speech for mid-frequencies, and Galton's whistle and Konig's rod evaluated high frequencies. Hearing threshold was often recorded as in terms of duration of a sound, or distance from the source, rather than intensity. Hearing ability was often recorded a fraction, for example, with the distance a watch tick could be heard over the distance of a normal hearing individual. A variety of devices, such as Politzer's Acoumeter, attempted to deliver sound in a calibrated manner, thus enhancing the accuracy and reproducibility of test results. Conclusion: The early years of the American Otological Society were marked by a number of ingenious efforts to standardize hearing assessment despite the technical limitations. These efforts facilitated the development of the audiometer, and continue to influence clinical practice even today.
- Is Part Of:
- Otology & neurotology. Volume 39(2018)Supplement 1 4S
- Journal:
- Otology & neurotology
- Issue:
- Volume 39(2018)Supplement 1 4S
- Issue Display:
- Volume 39, Issue 1 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0039-0001-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2018-04
- Subjects:
- American Otological Society -- Hearing assessment -- History of otology
Otology -- Periodicals
Ear -- Diseases -- Periodicals
Skull base -- Surgery -- Periodicals
617.8005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.otology-neurotology.com ↗
http://journals.lww.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001759 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1531-7129
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