SPEECH. AUDIOMETER: It is the most relevant investigation to measure hearing threshold. An audiometer is a MACHINE used for evaluating hearing acuity. An audiometer is an instrument that delivers tones of different frequencies and intensity to ear-by-ear phones. Routinely tested frequencies are 125,250,500,1000,2000,4000 & 8000 Hz.Each frequency is tested increasing the intensity of SOUND in 5dB steps.The amount of intensity that has to be raised above the normal level is a measure of the degree of hearing impairment at that frequency.Air and bone conduction threshold and MEASURED at different frequencies and plotted as an audiogram.Hence, we can conclude that the 'Audiometer' device is used to measure hearing acuity.