An instrument for measuring the sensitivity or acuteness of hearing; variant or related to acouometer.
From Greek akoustikos (hearing) plus -meter (measure). Similar formation to acouometer, representing parallel terminology in early audiology.
Scientists would create slightly different names for the same instruments as different researchers developed their versions—acouometer and acouometer are basically synonyms from competing 19th-century hearing scientists.
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