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    Behavioral observation audiometry

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    Behavioral observation audiometry
    Medical diagnostics
    Based onHearing testing

    Behavioral observation audiometry (BOA) is a type of audiometry (a test of hearing for ability to recognize pitch, volume, etc.) done in children less than six months old.[1][2][3]

    References

    1. "Hearing Tests for Children - Pediatric Audiology - Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD)". http://www.chadkids.org/audiology/audiology_hearing_tests.html. 
    2. "Archived copy". http://hearing.screening.nhs.uk/getdata.php?id=10758. 
    3. Karikoski, JO; Marttila, TI; Jauhiainen, T (1998). "Behavioural observation audiometry in testing young hearing-impaired children.". Scandinavian Audiology 27 (3): 183–7. doi:10.1080/010503998422700. PMID 9728780. 




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