title: Screening for hearing loss and middle-ear disorders in children using TEOAEs.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to obtain the sensitivity and specificity of transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) screening procedures compared with conventional audiometric pure-tone screening and tympanometry. Pass/refer values were obtained from a group of 297 ears of 152 preschool and school-aged children, 3 to 8 years of age. The sensitivity and specificity of the TEOAE screenings compared with the pure-tone screenings were 81% and 95%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of TEOAE screenings compared with tympanometric screenings were 60% and 91%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA. CTAYLOR@WOODSQUAD.AS.UA.EDU
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity