Yu notis bak se yu de yɛri smɔl difrɛns? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔdiomɛtri!

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil lɛk se yu nɔ kin yɛri pɔsin de tɔk, ɔ yu fɔ mek di vɔlyum ɔp na di TV? Ɔ yu dɔn notis se yu smɔl pikin nɔ de ansa fayn we yu de yɛri sawnd? Insay tɛm lɛk dis, tɛst fɔ yɛri, ɔ `(Audiometry)` tɛst, na tɛst we dɛn kin du fɔ no aw gud wi yɛri fayn. Natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt, i rili simpul. Wi go tɔk mɔ bɔt dis?

Wetin na ɔdiomɛtri tɛst?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis tɛst na wetin di ɔdiɔlɔjis dɛn kin du fɔ no if yu nɔ de yɛri fayn. Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl am kɔmplit ɛvalueshɔn fɔ yɛri.

Imajin, na kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt wan bɛsik tɛst fɔ yɛri ɔ wan kɔmplit tɛst fɔ yɛri lɛk dis at le wan tɛm na dɛn layf.

• Fɔ pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn: Dɛn kin du wan bɛsik tɛst we dɛn bɔn dɛn fɔ mek shɔ se dɛn ebul fɔ yɛri fayn.
• Fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn: Dɛn kin du dɛn bɛsik tɛst ya na dɛn wɛlbɔdi klinik ɔ skul. If i tan lɛk se dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn yɛri, dɛn kin du wan ful tɛst.
• Fɔ big pipul dɛn: Bɔku tɛm, big pipul dɛn kin tek dɛn tɛst ya bikɔs dɛn nɔ kin yɛri wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk fayn, ɔ bikɔs dɛn gɛt fɔ ɔp di vɔlyum na di TV, laptɔp, ɔ fon tumɔs.

Bɔku kayn tɛst dɛn de fɔ yɛri. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat dɛn tɛst ya nɔ nid ɛni spɛshal pripia ɛn dɛn nɔ kin mek pɔsin fil pen.

Us kayn tɛst fɔ yɛri de?

If yu gɛt skrinin fɔ yɛri, i go chɛk if yu yɛri nɔmal. If di rizɔlt fɔ da fɔs skrinin de sho se yu gɛt prɔblɛm, dɛn kin rifer yu fɔ mek dɛn du ful tɛst fɔ yɛri.

Dɛn ``Audiometry`` tɛst ya de sho us kayn we yu gɛt fɔ yɛri, ɛn if i smɔl, i smɔl, ɔ i rili bad. Na sɔm pan di men kayn tɛst dɛn:

• Pure-tone testing: Dis na di tɛst we dɛn kin du mɔ. I min fɔ si if yu kin yɛri sawnd na ɛni pitch, ilɛksɛf yu tɔk am saful saful. Dɛn kin du dis pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɛn big pipul dɛn.
• Bɔn kɔndɔkshɔn tɛst: Dis kin tɛst fɔ si if ɛni prɔblɛm de wit di smɔl smɔl ia sɛl dɛn na di pat na yu insay yes we dɛn kɔl kɔklia. Yu no, di kɔklia na di pat pan yu yes we de sɛn vaybreshɔn to yu ɔditory nerve ɛn afta dat to di pat na yu bren we de dil wit fɔ yɛri.
• Test fɔ tɔk: Dis tɛst kin bi big pipul dɛn ɛn sɔm pikin dɛn bak. Insay dis tɛst, yu fɔ lisin to sɔm wɔd dɛn ɛn ripit dɛn. Dis tɛst de chɛk aw yu ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk ɛn if yu ebul fɔ no difrɛns ɛn no di wɔd dɛn.
• di כditory Brainstem Response (ABR): dis tεst de mכsu di wok we di insay yes in kכmyunikeshn path dεm de du to di bren. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz am fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn, di wan dɛn we nɔ kin izi fɔ du di klin-tɔn tɛst we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, ɛn di wan dɛn we nɔ de yɛri igen bikɔs dɛn gɛt injuri na dɛn bren.
• Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE): Dɛn kin yuz dis tɛst fɔ chɛk aw di insay yes de wok. I de mɛzhɔ di sawnd dɛn we nɔ klia we di insay yes de mek, we dɛn kɔl OAE. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin du am pan bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛn.
• Tympanometry: Dis de tɛst aw yu ia drɔm de muv fayn fayn wan. I kin no bak se di ia dram dɔn brok, wata we de bɔku na di midul yes, ɔ we waks dɔn bɔku.

Aw dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya? I rili izi fɔ du!

Pan ɔl we di ditil dɛn difrɛn, bɔku pan di tɛst dɛn na fɔ put yu na rum we gɛt sawnd, put ɛdfɔn ɔ iafon, ɛn lisin to sawnd, tɔyn, ɛn wɔd dɛn we de kam tru dɛn. Yu nɔ nid fɔ pripia ɛnitin bifo tɛm.

Aw fɔ du pure-tone tɛst

Dis na di tɛst we dɛn kin du pas ɔl. Na dis na wetin kin apin:

• Dɛn go put yu na spɛshal rum we nɔ de mek sawnd.
• Dɛn go gi yu ɛdfɔn ɔ smɔl iafon we yu put na yu yes.
• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis de yuz wan mashin we dɛn kɔl ɔdiomita, we de mek sawnd dɛn we gɛt difrɛn intensiti (pitch) ɛn lawdnɛs lɛvɛl.
• Yu fɔ es yu an, prɛs wan bɔtin, ɔ se ‘yes’ we yu yɛri sawnd.
• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis go rikodɔ yu ansa dɛn pan wan chɔt we dɛn kɔl ``ɔdiogram.`` Dis go sho di kayn prɔblɛm we yu gɛt fɔ yɛri, dat na di lɛvɛl we yu nɔ de yɛri fayn.

Aw fɔ du bon kɔndɔkshɔn tɛst

Dis tɛst de sɛn sawnd dairekt insay yu insay yes:

• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis kin put wan smɔl tin biɛn yu yes ɔ na yu fɔrɛst.
• Di divays de mek sawnd. Di sawnd de mek yu skel de shek shek.
• Dis vaybreshɔn de go stret to yu insay yes, i de baypas yu ɔda ɛn midul yes.
• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis kin kɔmpia di rizɔlt fɔ dis tɛst wit di rizɔlt fɔ di ``Pure-tone'' tɛst fɔ no di kayn we aw yu nɔ de yɛri fayn.

Aw fɔ du di Speech tɛst

Di ɔdiɔlɔjis kin du dis tɔk tɛst bak wit di ``Pure-tone`` tɛst:

• Lɛk di ``Pure-tone'' tɛst, yu fɔ put ɛdfɔn ɔ iafon.
• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis kin tɔk di wɔd dɛn sloslo ɛn lawd wan.
• Yu fɔ tɔk dɛn wɔd dɛn de bak.
• I kin notis us wɔd dɛn yu kin tɔk kwayɛt wan. Sɔntɛnde, i kin tɛst yu bak fɔ no di wɔd dɛn bay we i de tɔk di wɔd dɛn lawd smɔl.

Aw fɔ du di Ɔditɔri Brenstɛm Rispɔns (ABR) tɛst

Nɔ lɛk di ``Pure-tone`` tɛst, yu nɔ nid fɔ ansa di sawnd dɛn. Bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ de stil :

• Yu go fit wit iafon. di odiolojist go ataya sכm sכm sεns dεm we dεn kכl ``εlektrod'' na yu ed. dis dεm de atak di skin εn kכnekt to wan ``kכmpyuta''.
• Dɛn ilɛktrɔd ya de rikodɔ aw yu bren de ansa we yu de ple sɔm sawnd dɛn tru iafon, dat na, di we aw yu bren de wok.
• Dis bren wev patna de si na di kɔmpyuta skrin. Di ɔdiɔlɔjis kin ripɔt di rizɔlt bay we i de luk dɛn kɔmpyuta we dɛn print.

Aw fɔ du wan ɔtonomik ɔditɔri ɛmishin tɛst (OAE) .

Dis de mekɔp wetin dɛn kɔl `(Otoacoustic Emissions - OAEs)`. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na dɛn sawnd dɛn ya we yu insay yes de mek we i de ansa to sawnd dɛn we de na do. If yu nɔ de yɛri fayn, yu insay yes nɔ de mek dɛn `(OAE)` ya:

• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis go put wan smɔl tin we tan lɛk iafon, we dɛn kɔl prob, na yu yes.
• Di prob de sɛn sawnd insay di yes ɛn mɛzhɔ di sawnd we de kam bak.
• Yu tɛst rizɔlt dɛn de sho na wan monita.

Aw fɔ du Tympanometry

yu ia dram na wan tכn mεmbran we de separet di כta yes frכm di midul yes. We sawnd we kɔmɔt na do nak di ia drɔm, i kin shek shek. Dɛn vaybreshɔn dɛn de kin travul tru di midul ia to di insay yes ɛn sɛn signal to di bren. Di bren kin ɛksplen dɛn sayn dɛn de as sawnd. Tympanometry de mכsu aw di ia dכm de ansa we dεn put sכm εya prεshכn pan di yes:

• Di ɔdiɔlɔjis go put wan smɔl prob na yu yes. I kin tan lɛk iafon.
• Wan smɔl tin we dɛn kɔnɛkt to am kin sɛn smɔl briz insay di yes.
• dat divais gεt wan grafik we dεn kכl ``tympanogram.'' I de rεkכd di muvmεnt fכ di ia dכm. Na frɔm dis di ɔdiɔlɔjis kin no aw di ia drɔm de wok.

Ustɛm a go no di tɛst rizɔlt?

Bɔku tɛm, di ɔdiɔlɔjis go tɛl yu di tɛst rizɔlt wantɛm wantɛm. Nɔ wɔri, dɛn go ɛksplen ɔltin.

yu rizulεt dεn sho pan wan chכt we dεn kכl ``odiogram.'' I de kכmpεr yu yεri to nכmal rεnj dεm εn sho aw yu yes de rεspכnd to difrεn sawnd intensiti dεm (hay to lכw) εn sawnd lεvεl (vεri kwayt to rili lawd).

Wetin a go du if a gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ yɛri?

If di tɛst dɛn sho se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yɛri, nɔ panik. Di ɔdiɔlɔjis go ɛksplen am to yu ɛn advays yu bɔt wetin fɔ du nɛks. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• If yu yɛri tɛst ɔ tympanometry rizɔlt sho se yu gɛt waks ɔ wata na yu midul yes, yu ɔdiɔlɔjis kin rifer yu to otolaryngologist (ENT) fɔ pul di waks ɔ fluid.
• If nɔto dat, if yu ``Pure-tone'' tɛst sho se yu nɔ de yɛri fayn, di ɔdiɔlɔjis go tɛl yu dɛn tin ya:
• Yu nɔ de yɛri fayn, yu nɔ de yɛri bɛtɛ, ɔ yu nɔ de yɛri bad bad wan ?
• Us kayn tin yu gɛt fɔ yɛri we de ɛp yu fɔ yɛri fayn fayn wan? Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin tɔk bɔt difrɛn kayn tin dɛn we pɔsin kin yuz fɔ yɛri. Ɔ yu kin tɔk bɔt tin dɛn fɔ ɛp yu fɔ yɛri lɛk fɔ put yu kɔklia.
• I de tɛl yu bak us kayn ɛkspiriɛns yu go gɛt we yu de yuz dɛn divays dɛn de.
• If yu pik tin dɛn fɔ ɛp yu fɔ yɛri, di ɔdiɔlɔjis go pik dɛn ɛn fit dɛn fɔ yu. Dis go tek wan sɛpret apɔntinmɛnt.
• If yu ɔdiɔlɔjis se yu fɔ tink bɔt fɔ put kɔklia implant, dɛn go rifer yu fɔ mek dɛn du mɔ tɛst ɛn evalueshɔn.

Aw ɔltɛm a fɔ du tɛst fɔ yɛri?

Dis kin rili difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

• If yu de wok na say we bɔku nɔys , lɛk na kɔnstrɔkshɔn industri ɔ na faktri, i go fayn fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu yes wan tɛm insay di ia, bikɔs di chans fɔ mek yu yɛri pwɛl kin bɔku na dɛn kayn say dɛn de.
• If nɔto dat, yu nɔ go nid fɔ du ful tɛst fɔ yɛri te yu rich 50 ɔ 60 ia, we bɔku pipul dɛn kin bigin fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn yes we dɛn dɔn ol.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat if yu gɛt ɛni dawt ɔ prɔblɛm bɔt aw yu de yɛri, nɔ de te ɛn aks yu famili dɔktɔ, we go rifer yu to ɔdiɔlɔjis.

We dɛn de fɔ tɛst di we aw a de yɛri na os?

Yɛs, naw dɛn gɛt tɛst fɔ yɛri na os we dɛn kin yuz na di Intanɛt ɛn na ap dɛn. Dɛn tin ya kin gi yu smɔl tin fɔ no if yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm wit yu yɛri.

Bɔt mɛmba se, jɔs fɔ du tɛst na os lɛk dat, dat nɔ go tɛl yu ustɛm di prɔblɛm ɔ wetin dɛn nid fɔ du bɔt am. So, fɔ gɛt kɔrɛkt diagnosis ɛn di advays we yu nid, yu fɔ rili gɛt ful ɛgzam frɔm ɔdiɔlɔjis.

Ɔdiomɛtri tɛst na di bɛst we fɔ no if yu nɔ de yɛri fayn. If yu du dat, nɔto yu wangren de. Bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl gɛt difrɛn difrɛn we dɛn we dɛn nɔ de yɛri fayn. Bɔku tɛm, dis we aw pɔsin kin yɛri kin wɔs as tɛm de go. Sɔntɛm yu nɔ go notis am wantɛm wantɛm, bɔt i kin notis we yu nɔ ebul fɔ yɛri wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk klia wan ɔ we di TV lawd tumɔs.

So, wetin wi fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Okay, so lɛ wi mɛmba di impɔtant pɔynt dɛn frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• Test fɔ yɛri nɔto natin fɔ fred, ɛn i nɔ kin at.
• If yu nɔ ebul fɔ yɛri wetin dɛn de tɔk, if yu gɛt fɔ ɔp di TV vɔlyum ɔltɛm, ɔ if i tan lɛk se yu pikin nɔ de ansa fayn to sawnd, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu du tɛst fɔ yɛri.
• Wan ɔdiɔlɔjis go du dɛn tɛst ya ɛn gi yu di advays we yu nid.
• If dɛn no se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yɛri, sɔlv ɛn ɛp de. Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ ɛp pɔsin fɔ yɛri ɛn di tin dɛn we dɛn kin put na pɔsin in kɔklia na jɔs sɔm pan dɛn.
• If dɛn no wan prɔblɛm kwik kwik wan, i kin izi fɔ trit ɛn i kin mek layf izi.

So, if yu ivin gɛt smɔl dawt bɔt aw yu de yɛri, nɔ shem ɔ put yu tɛm fɔ yɛri, go to dɔktɔ ɛn if nid de, go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yɛri advays. Yu yɛri wɛlbɔdi de na yu an!

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