title: [Auditory requirement for group 2 vehicle driving licences. An update in accordance with valid legislation in Spain].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hearing loss level admitted for acquisition of Group 2 driving licences is actually 35%, but this measurement is not standarized.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 35 drivers with Group 2 licence bearing of hearing loss, it was measured in the usual way -considering threshold as an average-, and also in accordance with valid legislation, which considers deafness when hearing thresholds are under 25 dB in each tone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Binaural hearing loss average was 41.3+/-6.3% for the first model, and 30.7+/-10.2% for the second. There was a good correlation between the two models by mean of lineal regression (y=1.4785x-30.382; R2=0.8467).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Group 2 licences, hearing loss average must be standarized in its quantifyng technique, because there is a wide difference in the results, depending on the model used to measure. In our country there are rules and regulations about quantifying for disable people, valid for establishing deafness measurement patterns in vehicle driving too.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia. jgarciacall@hotmail.com
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García Callejo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García Callejo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Paula Vernetta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peña Santamaria
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Montoro Santaelena
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marco Algarra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013030:Spain