A complete audiological examination (CAE) is the basic hearing examination. It consists of pure tone testing by air- and bone conduction, speech audiometry (speech reception and speech discrimination) and immittance audiometry (tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing). This type of examination is the first step in the diagnosis of hearing and balance disorders.

Pediatric Audiometry
Children can not always be tested by conventional audiometry. In those cases, various behavioral techniques can be used. In general, children can be tested behaviorally using play audiometry, modified pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, and immittance audiometry. In addition, other techniques can be used such as OAEs and BSERs.