Moderate Sensorineural
Moderate loss across the full range of pitches. Everyday conversation takes real concentration, and noisy places make it much harder to follow what people are saying. Captions, clear speech, and a good view of the speaker’s face make a big difference.
Summary
- Pure-tone average (PTA) · Left ear
- 35 dB
- Pure-tone average (PTA) · Right ear
- 35 dB
- Most loss at
- 4 kHz · 60 dB
- Severity
- Moderate
Pure-tone average is the quietest tone each ear can just hear, averaged across three pitches central to speech (500 Hz, 1 kHz, and 2 kHz). It’s the single number U.S. audiologists use to sum up an audiogram. 15 dB or lower is typical hearing, and every 10 dB higher means sounds need to be about twice as loud to be heard. Internationally, the World Health Organization averages four pitches, adding 4 kHz, so where high pitches have more loss its number comes out higher.
Degree of the worse ear, averaged over all eight frequencies, on the scale used by U.S. audiologists (ASHA)
Thresholds by frequency
| Hz | L | R |
|---|---|---|
| 250 | 15 | 15 |
| 500 | 20 | 20 |
| 1k | 35 | 35 |
| 2k | 50 | 50 |
| 3k | 55 | 55 |
| 4k | 60 | 60 |
| 6k | 60 | 60 |
| 8k | 55 | 55 |