title: Neurodiagnostic audiology: contemporary perspectives.
abstract: This paper reviews the principals of clinical epidemiology as they relate to diagnostic audiology including the problems associated with the test battery approach. The paper also presents a philosophical discussion as to the influence of disease prevalence on diagnostic testing protocols in different clinical environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Human Communication, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis