TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy of the Welch Allyn AudioScope and traditional hearing screening for children with known hearing loss
AU - Gershel, Jeffrey
AU - Kruger, Barbara
AU - Giraudi-Perry, Diane
AU - Chobot, Janie
AU - Rosenberg, Maris
AU - Shapiro, Iva M.
AU - Diano, Angela
AU - Kopet, Jacqueline
AU - Shelov, Steven
PY - 1985/1
Y1 - 1985/1
N2 - The Welch Allyn AudioScope is a new screening instrument that allows both audiometric testing at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz at 25 dB hearing level and otoscopic examination. Sixty-eight patients between 3 and 9 years of age with normal hearing or a variety of hearing losses comprised the study population. Immediately after receiving an audiologic evaluation the subjects were screened with a traditional screening audiometer and two examinations with the AudioScope, performed in a clinic examining room by pediatricians and nurse practitioners unaware of the children's hearing status. The AudioScope was as accurate as traditional hearing screening in identifying children with normal hearing and those with hearing loss. Log-linear modeling demonstrated that the results of AudioScope testing were similar to those of traditional hearing screening. However, the false positive rate was higher at 500 Hz for the first AudioScope examination, suggesting the need for two AudioScope tests. The AudioScope was quick and easy to use, nonthreatening to the subjects, less expensive than a pure-tone screening audiometer, and does not require a sound-treated room.
AB - The Welch Allyn AudioScope is a new screening instrument that allows both audiometric testing at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz at 25 dB hearing level and otoscopic examination. Sixty-eight patients between 3 and 9 years of age with normal hearing or a variety of hearing losses comprised the study population. Immediately after receiving an audiologic evaluation the subjects were screened with a traditional screening audiometer and two examinations with the AudioScope, performed in a clinic examining room by pediatricians and nurse practitioners unaware of the children's hearing status. The AudioScope was as accurate as traditional hearing screening in identifying children with normal hearing and those with hearing loss. Log-linear modeling demonstrated that the results of AudioScope testing were similar to those of traditional hearing screening. However, the false positive rate was higher at 500 Hz for the first AudioScope examination, suggesting the need for two AudioScope tests. The AudioScope was quick and easy to use, nonthreatening to the subjects, less expensive than a pure-tone screening audiometer, and does not require a sound-treated room.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(85)80457-1
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(85)80457-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 3965674
AN - SCOPUS:0021921159
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 106
SP - 15
EP - 20
JO - The Journal of Pediatrics
JF - The Journal of Pediatrics
IS - 1
ER -