audiometry - CISMeF

Preferred Label : audiometry;

MeSH definition : The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds.;

MeSH synonym : audiometries;

MeSH annotation : a specific type of hearing test: do not use as a general term for the measurement of hearing ( HEARING TESTS);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiometry;

Details

Origin ID

D001299;

UMLS CUI

C0004286;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Audiometry [ICD-9 code]
- Speech audiometry (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- audiometers [medical devices type]
Ne pas confondre avec
- audiology [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- audiometry [MeSH concept]
See also
- acoustic impedance tests [MeSH Descriptor]
- auditory threshold [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Audiometric Test [NCIt concept]
- Audiometric test [MedDRA LLT]
- Audiometric test (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Audiometry [MedDRA LLT]
- Audiometry [ICD-9 code]
- audiometric test, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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