16:03 Nov 4 

Yes, Tony, thanks for that.. I agree, 'mean' is preferable to 'average'.
Cheers

15:57 Nov 4 

I haven't done specific in-depth research, but as a general principle, I would favour 'mean' in formal technical / scientific registers. Although in everyday language we do use 'average' for 'mean' (in the mathematical sense), I think it is to be deprecated in formal contexts, not least because of the potential ambiguity with 'average' meaning moderate, mediocre, etc.

Although I do not have any medical training and am certainly not a specialist medical translator, I do happen to have a small amount of specialist knowledge in acoustics and audiometry.

FWIW, a quick Google search returns significantly more results for 'mean hearing loss' than for 'average hearing loss' — and we must not forget that the results for the latter expression include quite a number of red herrings relating to the alternative meaning of 'average'.

12:38 Nov 4 

Your're welcome

12:09 Nov 4 

Thanks once again for your help, Lionel, and I will go with Phil's proposition. Cheers.

12:05 Nov 4 

This help a lot I think and confirms that Phil proposition is the most adapted IMHO.

09:27 Nov 4 

These are quite specific French indices used for the screening and diagnosis of hearing loss in occupational health and for insurance purposes. See my refs below.

07:45 Nov 4 

Lionel: does this information help? Thanks
(xxx logiciel) offre une multitude de fonctionnalités telles que tel que :

* l’ affichage des prédits à la norme ISO 7029 en fonction de l’age et du sexe du patient.
* l’enregistrement de l’examen dans une base de données.
* la comparaison de deux examens.
* la possibilité d’exporter les résultats sur les différents logiciels de Santé au travail.
* le calcul de différents indices comme le MP42, la PAM ( Perte Auditive Moyenne) et l’IPA.
* la réalisation de l’examen en mode automatique.

17:31 Nov 3 

Liza, peut-on avoir plus de contexte ?
Comment cette PAM est-elle mesurée ?
Comment le texte dévinit-il des pertes auditives ?
Merci