Masking in Clinical Audiometric Testing: A Tutorial

Attention all Audiologists and AuD students! Here is a fun tutorial video on understanding clinical masking techniques. Go make some popcorn and enjoy the show!

[zoehector]

This is fantastic! A brilliantly clear (and fun) explanation of a gnarly topic. Yours sincerely, a very fresh (and confused) Audiology student...

[iasminferreira]

i'm a student who wants to be an audiologist, thank you so much!!!! for this video you are really helping and inspiring me to love more this profession

[treeoftears]

This explains why some audiologists have told me I have some hearing in my right her whilst others tell me I have none. An audiologist tried to explain to me that the other audiologists had not done proper testing and that what they thought was me hearing in my right ear was actually just conduction to my left ear.

[accordingtojordy]

I love the student's excitement to getting the plateau. It makes me miss doing audios.

[alexapolitis]

This is the best video! I'm watching it to study for my final . Thank you!

[raquelr.]

Thank you! I'm starting my first external placement in about a week and this is a great refresher!

[AkashSharma-mfyo]

Hey!
Can you explain what IA should be taken during masking because in Katz the IA should be the difference between the Air conduction threshold of right and left ear
Please explain

[sweekritishetty]

Mam...why don't you continue teaching concepts in this way....its really very much fun learning this way please upload more and more videos

[AudiologyStudents]

Amanda, this is just terrific. I hope you don't mind, I'm assigning it as a home supplement to my undergrad students to review, because you do a great job of explaining in a way that supports my mantra in class that Masking Is Fun. :)

[dietzwattson]

hi amanda i am going for hearing aid dispensing and i recently took the written exam and failed. one of the main things that killed me were case study questions i.e how you would fit based off of an indivisual needs binaural vs monoaural cros bicros different diseases affecting different wrs srt scores and what hearing aid is appropriate for each loss range was wondering if you can make a video on how to properly do a case study and break it down? i would appreciate it! or at least send a link where i can learn from a website that shows how to break one down? thanks amanda!

[renehornby]

Dear Dr Ortmann. I have been using this masking formula successful in private practise during 2014 especially the initial masking level. I would like to teach this method to local students but I require a reference/publication as needed in any university setting? Could you please assist me so that more audiologists South Africa can apply this method.

[dreamer]

Thank you so much. The ways you reviewed masking really helped me understand the concept. Could you make a video explaining the plateau method a little bit more? 

[d.perera]

Hi Dr. Ortmann,
Why does she mean in 20.09 as 'they are already occluded'?

[robertacree]

Thanks for that entertaining and well presented masking tutorial!

[maddiedebernardi]

Wish I could have you as my proff! Great video, really helped me out. I would love if you made another video using insert headphones

[christineng]

Nice video Amanda! I have a few questions about the speech-in-noise test. Is it the same as a word recognition test, except that you add in background noise? But how do you decide the level of background noise? And is the noise available to both ears or just the test ear? Lastly, do you still need masking in that case? It will be great if you can help:) I can't find any proper explanation online...

[maanoasi]

Excellent tutorial thank you so much I finally understand masking :) 

[justinpowell]

Hi Dr. Ortmann,

Thank you for this great video. I am an AuD student and masking was taught to us in a more complex way; your method is more simplified. Do you by chance have a citation or literature reference for your masking method? Thank you!!

[xrctyvuhbjn]

wait so
If the unmasked bone conduction of left ear is normal for example, but the unmasked air-conduction for the right ear shows a moderate CHL and the difference was 40dB and they're wearing inter-aural headphones, would you mask bone conduction for the right ear?

[modiulelawson]

What if you didnt hear the 1.2.3 louder in one ear when you blocked your ears?