A LITTLE GUIDANCE, WHEN YOU NEED IT
From a report on your desk to a history you can follow. Take it one step at a time, with real screens, short walkthroughs, and answers along the way.
This guide follows the current Linux desktop app. Windows packaging is in progress; see download availability for either platform. Import suggestions always need your review.
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Try a shorter phrase such as “import”, “license”, “masked”, or “restore”.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
One-time personal license: view current price at checkout. One purchase includes two computer activations.
First activation needs internet. Your saved computer activation is then checked offline, without a subscription or recurring internet check. Hearing records stay local.
Use Email my license again with your purchase email. Paste the same emailed credential into Sentire; an existing installation recovers without using another slot. A reinstall that loses its identity uses another slot. Contact support with your order ID if both are used. Never send hearing records or the full license to support.
Use Field guide ↗ and Send feedback ↗ in the app’s sidebar whenever needed. Purchase through the official Sentire website. Your license is emailed after checkout is confirmed.
YOUR FIRST RECORD
Have the original report beside you. You can add your oldest or newest test first—Sentire sorts saved tests by their test date.
An import replaces the current draft’s threshold and speech fields after confirmation. Selecting a different PDF page also replaces those suggestions; it does not combine pages. Choose your final page before spending time correcting the values.
For an appointment with several relevant pages, review them separately and enter any additional measurements deliberately. Sentire does not automatically merge a whole report into one test.
BRING YOUR PAPERWORK
Import is optional. Photos, handwriting, highlighted charts and separate ear panels may produce few or no suggestions. You can enter all thresholds manually: select the ear, conduction and masking options, then click the editable chart, or choose ＋ Add measurement below it and enter the exact frequency (Hz) and level (dB HL). Enter speech results in the speech fields. The source image on the right is your reference. Add or correct points on the editable graph and use the measurement table for exact values. Match the frequency and dB labels in the report, choose the ear and symbol options, then click the matching position on Sentire’s graph. No cropping or calibration is required. Leave unclear or untested values blank and check your entries against the report.
Nothing is saved just because a file was opened. You get an editable draft, with the original page available for review.
Try the complete report first. The crop, calibration, and source-capture options are fallback tools for charts the automatic importer cannot read.
TAKE A SECOND LOOK
A recognizable chart is not a guarantee that every symbol was read. Check what is present and what is missing.
Tick each imported row’s Checked box, or choose I checked all suggested points after reviewing all of them. Reported gaps have their own confirmation. Finally tick I have checked these measurements and choose Save audiogram.
Leave values missing when the report does not provide them. Zero is a real measured value. Do not fill gaps just to make the chart look complete.
Supported colored single-grid reports may yield air thresholds, measured word-recognition table values, selected SRT/SDT/PTA summary values, and a labeled air–bone gap bar panel. Bone symbols, response-at-limit and no-response arrows need manual review/entry. Rotated, overlaid, multiple-grid, or unfamiliar layouts may need cropping, calibration or manual entry. Isolated standard black-and-white symbols can also be suggested; connected symbols may be missed.
Sentire uses detected frequency/dB axes rather than fixed page coordinates for threshold suggestions. On a calibrated monochrome chart, isolated ○ and △ symbols map to right-ear red; × and □ map to left-ear blue. Bone brackets and chevrons use their orientation. Ear is never inferred from which panel a mark appears in. Check the clinic’s legend: unfamiliar or ambiguous symbols should be entered manually. Separate ear grids and dense connected black grids may need the guided missed-point tool.
On supported red/right and blue/left charts, Sentire looks for isolated bone brackets and chevrons. Brackets are suggested as masked bone; chevrons as unmasked bone. The adjacent frequency line supplies the Hz value, accounting for the symbol’s display offset. Every suggestion needs checking with its Source highlight. Overlapping symbols, unclear scans, symbols touching grid lines, connected monochrome curves, and attached no-response arrows can be omitted. Missing suggestions do not mean the measurement was absent from your report.
WHEN YOU WANT TO ENTER IT YOURSELF
Choose Add audiogram, enter the test date and provider, then work in Your measurements. You can use the table for exact entry or click the editable chart.
| Option | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Ear | Right or Left as labeled on the report. Unspecified is available only for unmasked bone conduction. |
| Conduction / Type | Air or Bone, following the report’s symbol legend. |
| Hz | The frequency at that point, such as 500 or 1000. This is not the dB level. |
| dB HL | The reported threshold. Supported range: −20 to 120. Use the table for an exact numeric value. |
| Masked | Select only when the report identifies the measurement as masked. |
| NR / No response | Select when the report marks no response at the recorded level. Still enter that level; do not substitute a guessed threshold. |
| Mask dB | Enter the masking level if the report supplies it. Otherwise leave it blank. |
| Sentire symbol | Right | Left |
|---|---|---|
| Air, unmasked | ○ Circle | × Cross |
| Air, masked | △ Triangle | □ Square |
| Bone, unmasked | < Chevron | > Chevron |
| Bone, masked | [ Bracket | ] Bracket |
Use the source report’s legend when transcribing. You can Tab through the numeric table. Remove unused blank rows before saving; a test requires at least one valid threshold and supports up to 100 measurements.
For “Right air, 1000 Hz, 35 dB HL”, choose Right → Air → 1000 Hz → 35. Leave Masked and NR off unless the source report marks them. This example is an entry exercise, not a hearing interpretation.
Right-ear chevrons and brackets are drawn just left of the tested frequency; left-ear symbols sit just right. This is a display offset, not a different frequency. A bracket beside 250 Hz still means 250 Hz. Its midpoint gives the dB value. Enter the report’s labeled frequency and level; Sentire applies the offset in charts and PDF exports.
KEEP YOUR REPORT BESIDE YOU
The report on the right is your reference. Add and correct measurements on Sentire’s editable graph on the left.
No cropping or source-image calibration is required. Repeat for each missed point, enter speech results in the speech fields, then review before saving.
Choose the type before plotting: Air or Bone, together with the ear and Masked option, determines the symbol. To correct an existing point, click its symbol and change Type in the selected measurement row. Clicking a symbol selects it; it does not add a duplicate or change its type.
Silent recording with visible instructions and captions. Fictional demonstration, not a real patient report. Compare the source, choose Right and Air, click 1000 Hz / 30 dB HL, select the symbol, change its row’s Type to Bone, then adjust the exact level.
MORE THAN THE THRESHOLDS
Look for the report’s WORD RECOGNITION box. A speech result is a pair: the presentation level in dB HL and the percent correct at that level.
Enter Right level 95, score 90; Left level 90, score 70. Do not swap the level and percentage.
If point rows exist, the graph uses those rows. Edit the point fields to correct a plotted result. When no point series exists, a complete summary recognition score and presentation level provide one point. Editing only the summary does not update an existing point series.
The smooth curves and confidence-interval bars printed on some reports are not imported as measured point series. Sentire connects your measured points; it does not recreate the clinic’s prediction model.
THE SMALL PANEL IN THE CORNER
Some reports already contain an AIR–BONE GAP bar chart, usually at the bottom right. Those reported differences are different data from the main chart’s air and bone thresholds.
The importer tries to read the small red/right and blue/left bars. Review the five-row table at 0.25, 0.50, 1, 2, and 4 kHz. Values run from −20 to 80 dB.
Sentire subtracts masked bone from air at the same ear/frequency. It excludes unmasked/unspecified bone, missing pairs, and no-response pairs.
The automatic importer may not recognize that panel. Main-chart calibration does not populate reported gaps. Enter the visible bars in this table or leave them missing. A correctly populated asymmetry graph does not prove gap bars were detected.
On a single-test dashboard, reported gaps take priority when present; otherwise the calculated gap panel is shown. The gap panel sits beside air-conduction asymmetry on desktop. Bars start at the emphasized zero line: positive above, negative below. Reported values never create bone thresholds.
YOUR EVERYDAY STARTING POINT
Choose Overview to see your latest saved audiogram, recent history, supporting graphs, and a date-based history chart.
Masked thresholds take priority where both masking conditions exist. An unavailable value is not a zero. Graphs are descriptions of recorded measurements, not a diagnosis.
FOLLOW THE VISITS
Missing and no-response values leave gaps. Lines link saved tests; they do not predict hearing between visits. Conditions may differ between appointments.
PUT TWO VISITS IN CONTEXT
You need at least two saved tests. Choose Compare tests, then:
Missing values, no-response values, and mismatched masking conditions cannot be compared directly by this summary. Unmasked bone is excluded from ear-specific change summaries. With Air & bone selected, both are drawn, but the numerical summary describes air thresholds.
KEEP THE RECORD ACCURATE
Open a saved test from Overview or Hearing timeline. Choose Edit test, make corrections, confirm review, and choose Save changes.
To remove a test, choose Delete test and confirm. There is no undo button; keep a backup first if you may need it. Deletion does not remove your original report or earlier exports/backups.
Sentire warns before discarding unsaved changes. Saved records use revision checks; if another window changed the test, reload before editing again. Do not delete the database to resolve an editing conflict.
YOUR PERSONAL WORKSPACE
Open My details to change the local name or profile notes, then choose Save details. A name is required for workspace access; notes are optional. Your name appears on exported hearing reports.
Sentire currently keeps one person’s history per local workspace. The name is not an online account and does not verify purchase ownership. No cloud sign-in or automatic sharing is involved.
About Sentire in the sidebar shows the app version and privacy notes. Check that version when following instructions or asking for help.
TAKE A USEFUL RECORD WITH YOU
| Format | Use it for | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| PDF hearing report | A readable report with audiograms, recorded values, notes, and supporting graphs. Share it deliberately. | Export PDF on an individual test, or Backup & export → PDF hearing report for your history. |
| Structured JSON export | A portable, structured copy of your profile and saved test data. Sentire can restore it. | Backup & export → Structured JSON export. |
| SQLite database backup | A database backup of your local hearing history, also restorable by Sentire. | Backup & export → SQLite database backup. |
The desktop app opens a native save dialog. Choose a filename and destination you can find again. Saving an export does not send it to your audiologist or a cloud service.
Store and share them carefully. They are not encrypted by Sentire. None of these hearing-history exports includes the separate license token or your original imported PDF.
A LITTLE PEACE OF MIND
Sentire creates a local recovery snapshot before replacement, but that snapshot is not a substitute for an independent backup. Invalid backup files are rejected. If a backup needs a newer Sentire version, update the app rather than deleting your data.
On the old computer, export a JSON or SQLite backup and keep original reports separately. Install a compatible desktop build on the new computer, enter a local name and restore the backup. Activate the new installation with your original emailed license; contact support if both slots are used.
WHAT STAYS. WHAT GOES.
Stays wherever you saved it.
Read and previewed on your computer.
Measurements and details, not the PDF.
Desktop and browser-development installations have separate data locations. The customer app is the desktop application; this guide and the product website cannot access your hearing-history database.
WHEN SOMETHING LOOKS OFF
Check the import progress indicator. After the local transfer, recognition has an animated processing stage rather than a percentage. Wait up to a minute. If it errors or times out, try a clearer single page as PNG, a smaller file, or manual entry. The previous draft is retained after an import error.
Some development installations may lack PDF rendering support. Try exporting the relevant page as PNG/JPG and import that. Keep the original report available for review. The public installer’s final platform requirements remain under development.
Enter the report’s test date after choosing the page. Imports deliberately clear it. The latest test is chosen by test date, not import time. To find older tests, open Hearing timeline or widen its time range.
Automatic detection is layout-limited and can omit tiny or unclear bars. No right-side calibration step is required for that panel. Use the five-row reported-gap table to enter readable bars manually. Do not convert blanks into zero. Enter reported bars in the reported-gap table; the editable main graph adds thresholds.
Asymmetry needs paired Right and Left air thresholds. Calculated air–bone gap needs same-ear air and masked bone thresholds. Reported gap uses its own bar-panel import. These have different inputs, so one graph can populate while the other stays empty.
A speech point needs both a level and a score. Check Speech intelligibility points first. Existing point rows take priority over summary fields, so correct the point row to change that plotted value. If no point rows exist, a complete summary recognition score/presentation-level pair can supply one point.
Check the test date, at least one valid threshold, any blank added rows, and duplicate frequencies for the same ear/type/masking. Complete the imported threshold review, reported-gap review if values exist, and the final “I have checked these measurements” checkbox. The error near Save identifies what remains.
Read the excluded-pairs note under the summary. Missing/no-response values and differing masking conditions are intentionally excluded; unmasked bone is not treated as directly comparable for one ear. Choose the intended baseline, target, ear and conduction type.
Paste the complete license from your purchase email. Initial activation needs internet. A license from another computer’s saved activation will not work on a new installation. If already activated, the entry box is intentionally hidden. Use Email my license again for recovery; contact support with your order ID if activation allowance is used.
Restore a previously saved backup if you have one, understanding that restore replaces the history. Before a restore, Sentire saves a local recovery snapshot. Deletion has no undo button; a copy in an earlier export or original report may be needed. Do not delete the database as a troubleshooting step.
A SMALL GLOSSARY
A FEW MINUTES, IN THE APP
Real recordings of Sentire with fictional records. Each silent video includes captions and a written walkthrough. Playback is on demand; nothing autoplays.
ONE RECORD AT A TIME
Keep the source. Check the values. Save a backup.
Your history is ready when you need it.
