| Autor: |
Moore BCJ; Cambridge Hearing Group, Department of Psychology, 2152University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Humes LE; Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA., Cox G; ENT Department (retired), 6397Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK., Lowe D; ENT Department, 156705James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK., Gockel HE; Cambridge Hearing Group, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 2152University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Trends in hearing [Trends Hear] 2022 Jan-Dec; Vol. 26, pp. 23312165221145005. |
| DOI: |
10.1177/23312165221145005 |
| Abstrakt: |
Moore (2020) proposed a method for diagnosing noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) sustained during military service, based on an analysis of the shapes of the audiograms of military personnel. The method, denoted M-NIHL, was estimated to have high sensitivity but low-to-moderate specificity. Here, a revised version of the method, denoted rM-NIHL, was developed that gave a better balance between sensitivity and specificity. A database of 285 audiograms of military noise-exposed men was created by merging two previously used databases with a new database, randomly shuffling, and then splitting into two, one for development of the revised method and one for evaluation. Two comparable databases of audiograms of 185 non-exposed men were also created, again one for development and one for evaluation. Based on the evaluation databases, the rM-NIHL method has slightly lower sensitivity than the M-NIHL method, but the specificity is markedly higher. The two methods have similar overall diagnostic performance. If an individual is classified as having NIHL based on a positive diagnosis for either ear, the rM-NIHL method has a sensitivity of 0.98 and a specificity of 0.63. Based on a positive diagnosis for both ears, the rM-NIHL method has a sensitivity of 0.76 and a specificity of 0.95. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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