Doerfler-Stewart test

Doerfler-Stewart test definition - medical

Doerf·ler-Stewart test (dûrfˈlər-)

noun
A test that differentiates between functional and organic hearing loss by examining a person's ability to respond to spondee words in the presence of a masking noise.

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