title: A comparison of speech audiometry and pure tone audiometry in patients with secretory otitis media.
abstract: Speech audiometry was performed on 15 children with secretory otitis media pre- and post-operatively and the findings compared with the pre- and post-operative pure tone audiograms. The results showed that in 30 per cent of cases pre-operatively the speech audiogram suggested a significantly worse hearing ability than that suggested by the pure tone audiogram (PTA). Where a PTA gives a borderline threshold disproportionate parental concern should be taken seriously as the hearing ability may well be worse than the PTA suggests.
authors.affiliation: Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pringle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001302:Audiometry, Speech; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors