Step 1 : Enter Audiometric data.
As a minimum, audiometric data will include pure-tone thresholds for each ear to be fitted. Other audiometric data, not necessarily used for the hearing aid fitting, could include patient identifying data, discomfort levels, most comfortable levels, loudness scales, speech identification scores, acoustic reflex data, and tympanometric data,. Within NOAH, these data will be entered within the Client Module and the Audiometry Module. Most processes will use the threshold information, : it is a good idea to enter enough information to unambiguously identify the patient at a later time. Having the audiometric information stored will save time during the fitting appointment. NOAH will store information about the hearing aids selected or adjusted for the patient in each session. This can provide a valuable history of the patient’s fittings. Apart from its use in hearing aids fitting, the NOAH database can be used as the sole repository of patient information for the practice.