Hearing screenings for preschool children: A comparison between whispered voice and pure tone audiogram tests
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216275:25520/20:39915844 RIV/00179906:_____/20:10411144
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109798" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109798</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hearing screenings for preschool children: A comparison between whispered voice and pure tone audiogram tests
Original language description
Introduction: This prospective study compares the efficiency of two hearing screening tests performed on preschool children. These tests are known as whispered voice test and pure tone audiometry. Methods: Standard hearing screenings were performed on five-year old children using a whispered voice test followed by ENT examination with pure tone audiometry. Results: A total of 827 children were included in the study. Hearing loss (> 25 dB) was observed in 5.8% of the evaluated children (n = 48), being bilateral in only 1.6% (n = 13) of these cases. Slight hearing impairment (hearing loss of 16-25 dB) was observed in 25.4% (n = 210) of the children, with 14.5% bilateral cases (n = 120). Interestingly, 62 children (7.5%) were under suspicion of hearing loss by their parents; however, an audiogram revealed the poor consistency of this diagnosis (sensitivity 20.8%, Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.048). The whispered voice test (6 m distance) throwed a hearing impairment diagnosis in 807 (48.8%) of examined ears; however, its sensitivity was of only 56.5%, with a specificity of 51.6% and Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.0254 (poor). Conclusion: The hearing loss incidence in preschool children coupled with the low efficacy of whispered voice tests and the parents' unreliability during the hearing impairment survey advocate for a more efficient audiometric hearing screening before beginning school attendance.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30206 - Otorhinolaryngology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
ISSN
0165-5876
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
130
Issue of the periodical within the volume
March
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
109798
UT code for WoS article
000515429600022
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85076143438