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Article: Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry

TitleHearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry
Authors
KeywordsAudiometry
Developing countries
Hearing loss
School screening
Issue Date2010
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/CCH
Citation
Child: Care, Health And Development, 2010, v. 36 n. 3, p. 323-331 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: There is a need to develop affordable but effective audiometric screening equipment, particularly for use in low-income countries. With advances in computer technology, low-cost computer-based audiometer software has been developed. However, the efficacy of computer-based audiometers in hearing screening and diagnostic assessment requires investigation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a low-cost, computer-based audiometric system in a school-based hearing screening programme. Methods: Eighty children were screened using the computer-based audiometer and with a conventional pure tone screening audiometer. Overall refer rates, as well as frequency and age effects on the accuracy of the computer-based audiometer, were considered. Results: There was a significant relationship between the low-cost, computer-based audiometer and a conventional pure tone audiometer when a 40 dBHL refer criterion was used in school hearing screening and when test results at 500 Hz were excluded from analysis. However, background noise effects and software limitations in the computer-based system had major adverse effects on screening performance. Conclusions: The study results and preliminary practical experience with the system suggest that, with further software and hardware improvements, a low-cost, computer-based system may well be feasible for routine school screening in developing countries. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130575
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.725
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dc.contributor.authorMcPherson, Ben_HK
dc.contributor.authorLaw, MMSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, MSMen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:57:15Z-
dc.date.available2010-12-23T08:57:15Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationChild: Care, Health And Development, 2010, v. 36 n. 3, p. 323-331en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0305-1862en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130575-
dc.description.abstractBackground: There is a need to develop affordable but effective audiometric screening equipment, particularly for use in low-income countries. With advances in computer technology, low-cost computer-based audiometer software has been developed. However, the efficacy of computer-based audiometers in hearing screening and diagnostic assessment requires investigation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a low-cost, computer-based audiometric system in a school-based hearing screening programme. Methods: Eighty children were screened using the computer-based audiometer and with a conventional pure tone screening audiometer. Overall refer rates, as well as frequency and age effects on the accuracy of the computer-based audiometer, were considered. Results: There was a significant relationship between the low-cost, computer-based audiometer and a conventional pure tone audiometer when a 40 dBHL refer criterion was used in school hearing screening and when test results at 500 Hz were excluded from analysis. However, background noise effects and software limitations in the computer-based system had major adverse effects on screening performance. Conclusions: The study results and preliminary practical experience with the system suggest that, with further software and hardware improvements, a low-cost, computer-based system may well be feasible for routine school screening in developing countries. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/CCHen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofChild: Care, Health and Developmenten_HK
dc.rightsThe definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.comen_US
dc.subjectAudiometryen_HK
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen_HK
dc.subjectHearing lossen_HK
dc.subjectSchool screeningen_HK
dc.titleHearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometryen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailMcPherson, B: dbmcpher@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01079.xen_HK
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