Comparison of ASHA's immittance guidelines and standard medical diagnostic procedures.
Immittance procedures and medical evaluation based on case history and otoscopy were administered to 115 youngsters from a large pediatric practice. Using ASHA immittance guidelines, a reasonable 73% overall agreement was achieved between immittance and medical recommendations of "pass", "at risk", and "fail/treat". When using medical findings as the criterion, there were three definite cases of under-referral (false negatives) and five over-referrals (false positives) in this sample group.
D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests / Q000592:standards*; D001298:Audiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role; D011312:Pressure; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012022:Reflex, Acoustic; D012952:Societies; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D014481:United States