Audiologic screening of seven- and ten-year-old children.
An audiologic screening of 1 062 ears In 7-year-old and 1 175 ears in 10-year-old children was carried out by means of pure-tone audiometry and tympanometry. New cases of sensorineural hearing loss were found in six ears (0.3%). The prevalence of protracted undiagnosed middle ear pathology was found to be 2.5 and 0.5%, in the younger vs. the older age group respectively. It is concluded that a middle ear pressure more negative than -250 mmH2O would be a suitable fail criterion for tympanometry. It is questionable, however, whether tympanometric mass screening of 7- and 10-year-olds is meaningful. It is felt that pure-tone audiometry maintains its position in the screening role.
D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests; D001299:Audiometry; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000175:diagnosis; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006316:Hearing Loss, High-Frequency / Q000175:diagnosis; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis