In:
Clinical Pediatrics, SAGE Publications, Vol. 45, No. 6 ( 2006-07), p. 559-566
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to describe variations in hearing screening using a survey mailed to a national sample of primary care pediatricians prior to the 2003 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) hearing screening guidelines. Of the 390 primary care respondents, only 303 (78%) performed audiometry, routinely beginning at age 3 (32%), 4 (44%), or 5 (17%); 81% defined abnormal audiometry primarily as failure to hear at a specified decibel level: 15 dB hearing level (HL) ( 〈 1%), 16 to 20 dB HL (10%), 21 to 25 dB HL (23%), 26 to 30 dB HL (44%), 31 to 40 dB HL (16%), and more than 40 dB HL (6%). This study serves as a baseline for comparison with postguideline practices.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-9228
,
1938-2707
DOI:
10.1177/0009922806290611
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2006
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