Madsen zodiac Reference Manual page 60

9 Testing with Zodiac Diagnostic or Clinical - Stand-Alone
Testing
Starting the test
6. Press either the
7. Select the frequency that you wish to test: press the applicable
button.
8. Use the dial to set the desired stimulus level.
9. Prepare the patient for the high sound levels in the test.
Note You will be warned about a high stimulus intensity level if you
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reach the warning limit.
10. Ask the patient to sit very still and quiet during the test, without moving
head or jaw.
11. Press the
12. The probe lights up in green, and the screen shows a green frame around
the deflection graph to indicate that the test has started.
13. If needed, you can offset the pressure to stabilize your measurements:
Press and hold the
desired pressure.
14. If needed, repeat these steps until you have collected the desired meas-
urements.
Warning
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is interrupted immediately. Already measured results are kept.
Stopping the test
1. If the patient is troubled by the test, press the
device or the
strap. The test is interrupted and the pump pressure is relieved imme-
diately.
Already measured results are kept when a measurement is stopped.
When you have finished testing one ear, switch ears, if needed.
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reflex or the
Start/Stop button to present a single stimulus.
±P
(pressure offset) button and use the dial to set the
If the patient is troubled by the test, stop the test. The test
Start/Stop
button on the probe control pad on the shoulder
reflex button.
Frequency
Start/Stop button on the
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