Bekesy audiometry


Bé·ké·sy au·di·om·e·try

(bā'kā-shē), audiometry in which the subject controls increases and decreases in intensity at a fixed frequency or, more unusually, as the frequency of the stimulus is gradually changed so that the subject traces back and forth across the threshold of hearing. Synonym(s): automatic audiometry

Békésy,

Georg von, Hungarian biophysicist in U.S. and Nobel laureate, 1899-1972. Békésy audiometer - an automatic audiometer.Békésy audiometry - automatic audiometry.