title: [Audiometry by parents. Informal hearing testing by parents].
abstract: The parent audiometry deals with an informal hearing test administered by the parents, which is suitable for infants and small children (up to two years of age) with high degrees or unclear hearing damages. In such cases, the parents should record their multiple to be repeated behavioral observations in a delivered scheme. The binaural hearing ability is tested in distances up to ten meters for low, middle, and high sounds and ringings. The results of the parent audiometry are integrated in the subjective and objective investigation findings and alleviate the pedaudiological longitudinal judgment of children with hearing damages. The work is conceived in reference to the practicing otologist; however, the assistance of the parents is not to be disregarded concerning early recognition and early diagnosis of children with hearing damages.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents
vernacular_title: Elternaudiometrie. Informelle Hörprüfung durch die Eltern.