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Medical - Medical (general) / Audiology (hearing test) | | Dutch term or phrase: in vrijveld | Text:
Belang van de audiometrische testen
Bij intake worden alle testen gedaan. Bij follow-up contacten, en na aanpassing, worden testen in vrijveld afgenomen.
Can anyone tell me the meaning of the expression "in vrijveld" here? |
|  Merete Hvas DrijverKudoZ activityQuestions: 9 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 2 closed without grading) Answers: 1
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| | free field testing | Explanation:
As to the exact meaning of this term, there seem to be two different uses. See the links below.
Disclosed is a test system primarily designed for free field testing of the hearing of an individual utilizing phase modulation to reduce or eliminate the production of standing waves thereby permitting accurate determination of pure tone hearing acuity.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4039750.html
An environment in which there are no reflections is called a free field. In a free field, the sound intensity level decreases by 6 dB each time the distance ...
http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~bsapplec/free.htm
However once a child can cope with performance testing, pure-tone responses can be tested in free field conditions (ie not wearing headphones). At a variable but later developmental age when the child can cope with headphones, pure-tones can be delivered through the headphones - a procedure known as warble tone audiometry.
http://www.dsmig.org.uk/library/articles/dsa-medical-series-... |
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Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 05:28
| Grading comment Thanks, Kitty!
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