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App – Short for application. A digital tool used on a smartphone or tablet to do a specific task.

Audiogram – A graph of a person’s hearing showing the quietest sound a person can hear (hearing threshold) at different frequencies of sound.

سماعت کی جانچ کا ایک آلہ (Audiometer) سننے کی صلاحیت کو ناپنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا ہے۔ یہ آلہ مختلف فریکوئنسی اور آواز کی شدت والے سگنلز کے ذریعے معلوم کرتا ہے کہ فرد کس سطح کی آواز سن سکتا ہے

Average hearing threshold – A calculation adding threshold values of 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, and 4000 Hz then dividing by four.

کان اور سماعت کے ماہر (Ear and hearing expert) — وہ ماہرین جو کان اور سماعت کے مسائل کی جانچ، انتظام اور علاج کرتے ہیں۔

Feedback (whistling) – The “whistle” sound produced by the hearing aid when sound escapes from the ear and is picked up by the microphone of the hearing aid.

Frequency – How many times a sound wave moves up and down in one second. There are different types of sound including deeper sounds (low frequency) such as a drum and sharper sounds (high frequency) such as a whistle. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz).

Hearing threshold – Quietest sound that the person can hear at different frequencies of sound.

Hertz (Hz) – A way to measure how often something happens in one second. For example, if a sound wave vibrates 100 times in one second, it has a frequency of 100 Hz.

Ling sounds – A set of six sounds. These cover the full range of speech sounds across low to high frequencies.

Prescriptive formula – A calculation of the ideal amount of sound increase (amplification) applied at each frequency based on a person’s hearing test results.

Standard earmould –  A ready-made shaped earpiece produced in different sizes to fit inside a person’s ear. It connects to the hearing aid through a tube and delivers sound into a person’s ear.

Stetoclip (listening tube) – Also known as a listening tube, it allows a person with normal hearing to monitor if the hearing aid is working well.