Behavioral observation audiometry

{{Short description|Type of audiometry}}

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Behavioral observation audiometry (BOA) is a type of audiometry (a test of hearing for ability to recognize pitch, volume, etc.) done in children less than six months old.{{cite web|url=http://www.chadkids.org/audiology/audiology_hearing_tests.html|title=Hearing Tests for Children - Pediatric Audiology - Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD)|website=Chadkids.org}}{{Cite web |url=http://hearing.screening.nhs.uk/getdata.php?id=10758 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128181729/http://hearing.screening.nhs.uk/getdata.php?id=10758 |archive-date=2014-11-28 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|last1=Karikoski|first1=JO|last2=Marttila|first2=TI|last3=Jauhiainen|first3=T|title=Behavioural observation audiometry in testing young hearing-impaired children.|journal=Scandinavian Audiology|date=1998|volume=27|issue=3|pages=183–7|doi=10.1080/010503998422700|pmid=9728780}}