title: Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions in 6-year-old school children: a normative study.
abstract: Great potential has recently been demonstrated for the application of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) in screening the hearing of school-aged children. The present study aimed to describe the range of TEOAE values obtained from a large cohort of 6-year-old children in school settings. Results indicated significant sex and ear asymmetry effects on signal-to-noise ratio, response, whole wave reproducibility, band reproducibility and noise levels. A prior history of ear infections was also shown to influence response level, whole wave reproducibility and band reproducibility. The sex, ear and history specific normative data tables derived may contribute to future improvements in the accuracy of hearing screening for 6-year-old school children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech and Pathology and Audiology, The University of Queensland, Australia. carlie.driscoll@mailbox.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kei
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results