Implementation of Mobile Audiometry During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Kevin H. Franck, Divya A Chari, Daniel J. Lee, Konstantina M. Stankovic, Alejandro Garcia, Elliott D. Kozin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
medicine.medical_specialty Air conduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medicine.diagnostic_test Hearing loss business.industry COVID-19 Auditory Threshold Emergency department Audiology Otorhinolaryngology Audiometry Otology medicine Audiometry Pure-Tone Humans Surgery Screening tool medicine.symptom business Pandemics Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 167(3) |
| ISSN: | 1097-6817 |
| Popis: | During the COVID-19 pandemic, the utility of portable audiometry became more apparent as elective procedures were deferred in an effort to limit exposure to health care providers. Herein, we retrospectively evaluated mobile-based audiometry in the emergency department and outpatient otology and audiology clinics. Air conduction thresholds with mobile audiometry were within 5 dB in 66% of tests (95% CI, 62.8%-69.09%) and within 10 dB in 84% of tests (95% CI, 81.4%-86.2%) as compared with conventional audiometry. No significant differences were noted between mobile-based and conventional audiometry at any frequencies, except 8 kHz (P < .05). The sensitivity and specificity for screening for hearing loss were 94.3% (95% CI, 91.9%-96.83%) and 92.3% (95% CI, 90.1%-94.4%), respectively. While automated threshold audiometry does not replace conventional audiometry, mobile audiometry is a promising screening tool when conventional audiometry is not available. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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