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Glossary

Pure tone: A sound of a single frequency.

Audiogram: A graph showing a person’s hearing ability, determined from a set of tests examining hearing acuity at different sound frequencies.

Calibration: Procedure to check and rectify the base level of a device by adjusting it to match a known or fixed measure.

Intensity: Measurable amount of loudness of a sound.

Frequency: The number of vibrations per second. Corresponds to the pitch of the sound.

Warble tone: A tone with frequency varying several times per second.
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