4.49 occlusion effect. Increase in loudness of conductive signals, usually at frequencies below 2000 Hz, when the external ear(s) are covered. Typically observed in bone-conduction audiometry as an improvement in threshold when an ear is covered with an earphone (occluded) or an external ear is occluded compared with an ear being uncovered (unoccluded).
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