Frequently Asked Question

The International Bureau for Audiophonology (BIAP) is made up of delegates from
societies, national or regional audiophonology committees, international
professional associations (for those disciplines listed in the
definition of audiophonology) and associate members. It published recommandations on this page https://www.biap.org/en/recommandations/recommandations, among which the classification of auditory deficiencies.

Regarding the graphic representation of audiometry measures, the following symbols from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) guidelines apply:

And here is an example of such a graphic representation of audiometry measures:

The X-axis represents the frequency of sound in Hertz, and the Y-axis represents the (inverted) intensity of sound in decibels Hearing Level (dB HL).

FAQ Published on 12/10/2022