Failure rates of young patients with sickle cell disease on a hearing screening test.
100 young subjects with sickle cell disease were screened for hearing loss at the Sickle Cell Clinic at Children's Hospital. 12% of the sample failed, which is higher than prevalence rates for the age groups suggest. Routine screening of hearing is suggested as the first step in the audiologic rehabilitation process.
Gentry
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Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock 72205, USA.
Davis
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Dancer
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male