Mass hearing screening in kindergarten students.

Autor: Flanary VA; Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA., Flanary CJ, Colombo J, Kloss D
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology [Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol] 1999 Oct 25; Vol. 50 (2), pp. 93-8.
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5876(99)00210-4
Abstrakt: Objective: To determine the types of hearing losses identified by mass hearing screenings in the public school system.
Design: Prospective observational.
Participants: Students enrolled in kindergarten in the public school system.
Setting: Major metropolitan area.
Main Outcome Measures: (1) hearing screening tests performed by speech pathologists using an audiometer in a quiet room; (2) formal audiologic testing including pure tone audiometry, tympanograms, speech discrimination, and acoustic impedance testing in a sound proof booth.
Results: 140 students failed hearing screening on two separate occasions; 91(65%) underwent formal audiologic testing at Milwaukee Public School, 43% demonstrated conductive hearing losses, 14% demonstrated sensorineural losses and 43% demonstrated normal hearing.
Conclusion: Mass hearing screening in the school system (1) is useful for detecting transient conductive hearing losses, (2) detects a significant number of sensorineural hearing losses and (3) has a very poor follow-through by the families of those students identified with hearing loss through the screening program.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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