Hearing impaired by neonatal screening

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"Amy" was identified as hearing impaired by a neonatal screening. She currently wears behind-the-ear hearing aids. She says that her left ear hurts and reports that her hearing is "bad" in that ear. She is being tested in an audiology/ENT practice. The ENT physician's notes say that the tympanic membrane (TM) is red, and that fluid can be seen behind the TM. Audiologic evaluation is requested in order to determine the degree and type of hearing loss. Her audiogram is shown below. The speech testing results are summarized below. The intensity of the presentation level is shown to the right. SRT WRS % @HL Right 25 80 65 Left 50 (m) 80 (m) 80

• What is the three-frequency PTA for the right and left ear?

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