Table Of Contents - otometrics Madsen Midimate 602 Quick Manual

MIDIMATE 602 & 622 Diagnostic Audiometers
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Standards and safety precautions.......................................................................... 5
1.2 About this manual ................................................................................................... 6
1.2.1 Not covered in this manual ............................................................................. 6
1.2.2 Abbreviations and terms ................................................................................. 6
2 Installing the MIDIMATE 602/622............................................................................... 7
2.1 Rear panel ................................................................................................................. 7
2.1.1 Connecting transducers and other devices ................................................... 7
2.1.2 Connecting the electric power supply ........................................................... 8
3 Setting Up Test Parameters............................................................................................ 9
3.1 Preprogrammed user tests...................................................................................... 9
3.2 Manual setup by menu............................................................................................ 9
4 Pure Tone Testing ......................................................................................................... 11
4.1 Air Conduction thresholds ................................................................................... 11
4.1.1 Preparing for the test...................................................................................... 11
4.1.2 Testing the patient .......................................................................................... 11
4.1.3 Testing patients with large threshold differences ...................................... 12
4.1.4 Correcting a threshold invalidated by contralateral bone conduction ... 13
4.1.5 Locking the masking level to the hearing level .......................................... 13
4.1.6 Testing above 110 dB HL ............................................................................... 13
4.1.7 Setting a minimum tone presentation time................................................. 13
4.2 Bone Conduction thresholds ................................................................................ 14
4.2.1 Masking with TDH39 headphones .............................................................. 14
4.2.2 When to use a masking insert phone ........................................................... 14
4.3 Free-Field thresholds ............................................................................................. 15
5 Testing with Speech ...................................................................................................... 16
5.1 Live speech testing................................................................................................. 16
5.1.1 Setting up the test ........................................................................................... 16
5.1.2 Testing the speech reception threshold ....................................................... 16
5.1.3 Testing speech discrimination ...................................................................... 17
5.2 Testing with recorded speech .............................................................................. 17
5.3 Testing with Free-Field speech ............................................................................ 18
6 Special Tests ................................................................................................................... 20
6.1 The SISI test............................................................................................................. 20
6.2 Fowler's test ............................................................................................................ 21
6.3 Stenger's test ........................................................................................................... 22
6.4 The Rainville test.................................................................................................... 22
7 Programming a User Test ............................................................................................ 24
7.1 Accessing user test programming mode ............................................................ 24
7.2 Programming a user test ....................................................................................... 24
8 Data Interface................................................................................................................. 25
8.1 Entering patient ID ................................................................................................ 25
8.2 Printing audiograms (MIDIMATE 622 only) ..................................................... 25
8.2.1 Storing test results .......................................................................................... 25
8.2.2 Printing an audiogram ................................................................................... 25
8.2.3 Viewing stored test results ............................................................................ 26
8.2.4 Printing separate Air and Bone Conduction audiograms......................... 26
8.3 Setting up printout................................................................................................. 26
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