title: Typing of Békésy audiograms.
abstract: Jerger's method for classifying BEKESY AUDIOGRAMS is the most widely acccepted clinical classification system. The audiologist types the BEKESY audiogram based upon visual inspection of the relation between the continuous- and interrupted-tone tracings. To determine the extent of agreement among audiogram type, four expert judges using a forced-choice, blind procedure, independently typed 170 audiograms. Contingency coefficients were between 0.89 and 0.90 for the six sets of paired judges. Contingency coefficients between each judge and a numerical criterion classification system ranged from 0.86 to 0.94 representing the validity of the visual method. The visual method is a valid procedure for typing BEKESY AUDIOGRAMS.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D002965:Classification; D006801:Humans