Patients scheduled for otologic surgery may have undergone evaluation of their hearing through audiograms to determine whether they have which of these diagnoses? Select all that apply.

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Patients scheduled for otologic surgery may have undergone evaluation of their hearing through audiograms to determine whether they have normal hearing,conductive hearing loss,or sensorineural hearing loss .Two types of audiometric testing,pure tone and speech audiometry,are performed on patients with suspected hearing loss.Mixed loss of hearing is from a combination of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.A patient with normal hearing would not be a candidate for otologic surgery relative to hearing loss.

Patients Scheduled for Otologic Surgery May Have Undergone Evaluation of Their