
Menu item Icon Description
Standard Frequencies
(Standard
Frequencies)/All Fre-
quencies (All Fre-
quencies)/ High
Frequencies (High Fre-
quencies)
The graph shows up to 20,000 Hz. MADSEN Astera² presents stimulus
up to 12,500 Hz.
• Click to choose between viewing:
Standard Frequencies (Standard Frequencies)
Displays the audiogram from 125 to 8000 Hz.
All Frequencies (All Frequencies)
Displays the audiogram from 125 to 20,000 Hz.
High Frequencies (High Frequencies)
Displays the audiogram from 8000 to 20,000 Hz.
New Audiogram (New
Audiogram)
Select new audiogram. You will be prompted to save or cancel current
data.
Frequency Resolution
(Frequency Resolution)
The options for frequency resolutions are 1/6, 1/12, 1/24 and 1/48
octave as well as 1 Hz. Select the different tone stimulus resolutions
from the toolbar or from Tools> Options> Audiometry> General
(Tools> Options> Audiometry> General).
You can store up to 24 points for each audiometry curve. You will be
prompted if you try to store more than the maximum number of
points.
Monitoring (Mon-
itoring)
Enables or disables the monitor speaker for monitoring stimuli presen-
ted to the patient from the Stimulus (Stimulus) or Masking (Masking)
channel.
Desktop/Headset
Microphone
(Desktop/Headset
Microphone)
Toggle microphone types (Toggle microphone types)
Click to toggle between the operator headset boom microphones and
desktop microphone used to communicate with the patient and/or the
assistant. The one displayed is the one currently active.
Enable Talk to Assist-
ant (Enable Talk to
Assistant)
Click to enable or disable talking to another party (usually a second
tester) in the booth.
Talk Forward (Talk For-
ward)
Enables communicating with the patient in the sound booth. This will
display the Talk Forward (Talk Forward) dialog box, where you can con-
trol the talk forward microphone sensitivity and the output level (in dB
HL) to the patient.
Select Orientation
(Select Orientation)
Click to select the perspective of the patient's ears as presented on the
screen for graph and table views.
You can also select the location of the stimulus control.
Sunshine Panel (Sun-
shine Panel)
When you have enabled the Control Panel icon on the toolbar, you can
choose between using the Classic Control Panel and the Sunshine
Panel.
14 MADSEN Astera²
9 Toolbar icons in the Audiometry Module