Diagnostic hearing assessment in schools: Validity and time efficiency of automated audiometry

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-48

  Mahomed Asmail, Faheema ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b,c   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b EAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated audiometry; Children; Diagnostic audiometry; Hearing loss; On site testing; Referral rates; School based testing; Validation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; AIR CONDUCTION AUDIOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETER; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE CONDUCTION AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; SCHOOL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84957092001     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15041     Document Type: Article

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