From: mariond@facts.com   
      
   Hank Rogers wrote:   
   >> 1. You install the audiology testing tool   
   >> 2. You plugin and calibrate your headphones   
   >> 3. You run your audiology tests   
   >>   
   >   
   > I don't use any of them.  How about you?   
      
   Hi Hank,   
      
   As you know, I always respond to people in the same manner as they to me.   
      
   To politely answer your kind-hearted 1st point, I'm not using any either,   
   but that's because I am already in possession of many recent hearing tests.   
      
   I'm currently undergoing high pressure oxygen therapy for sudden hearing   
   loss where I learned EVERYONE should run these tests BEFORE it happens!   
     hyperbaric oxygen chamber   
      
   Since that can happen to anyone at any time (and does happen to some   
   people), it behooves everyone to have an existing hearing test on file.   
      
   Hence, I want to write a tutorial so that OTHERS can benefit from what I'm   
   about to learn by testing a couple of the best freeware out for the team.   
      
   I always test freeware because that allows EVERYONE in the world to benefit   
   from my efforts, which I always post here out of the goodness of my heart.   
      
   Since it doesn't seem anyone (yet) has any experience with the free tools,   
   I listed in another post in this thread the first 10 that I had found.   
      
   To answer your 2nd point directly, of those 10, I'll try these two first:   
      
   3. Audiometry (Open Source on SourceForge)   
      This is the closest to a professional audiometer   
      It supports plotting results in the standard audiogram format   
      It prints graphs showing hearing thresholds in dB across frequencies   
      It is open source and does not require registration   
         
      
   8. Home Audiometer Hearing Test (esser Audio Software)   
      Specifically designed to mimic a clinical audiometer   
      Provides graphical display of results in the standard audiogram layout   
      Uses ISO standard procedure for threshold testing   
      Free version available without registration   
         
      
   I don't know anything about these tools though, so that's why I first had   
   wanted to get input and recommendations from others here who used them.   
      
   As everyone knows, the high cost of freeware is the effort involved in   
   finding, selecting, testing & reporting on how to use them for others.   
      
   If nobody has done that for this newsgroup already, I'll see if I can.   
   --   
   Posted as always, out of the goodness of my heart, to help others.   
      
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