Re: tympanometry probe tone level?

[Navid Shahnaz <nshahnaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
It depends on the probe tone frequency and it is usually set at a level below the level the elicit the aural reflex. It varies a bit between manufacturer; however, it is close the the following values.
 226 Hz @ 85dB SPL ± 1.5dB
 1000 Hz (a probe tone frequency of choice for infant assessment) @ 75dB SPL ± 1.5dB
Hope this helps.
Best
Navid
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Ferguson, Sarah Hargus" <safergus@xxxxxx>
Reply-To: "Ferguson, Sarah Hargus" <safergus@xxxxxx>
Date:          Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:08:03 -0500

>Hello list! Students ask the darnedest questions. Today in Intro to
>Audiology, one of the students asked what the presentation level is for
>the probe tone used in tympanometry. I didn't find it in a quick Google
>search (not even a manufacturers' specs I looked at) or during a quick
>peek in a classic audiology textbook - perhaps someone out there knows
>off-hand what it is? 
>
>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 
>Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A
>Assistant Professor
>Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders 
>University of Kansas 
>Dole Center 
>1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 3001 
>Lawrence, KS  66045
>office: (785)864-1116
>Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab: (785)864-0610 
>http://www.ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/FergusonBio.html
>
 




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