Abbreviated Sweep-Check Procedures for School Hearing Testing

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A group of 14,745 public school children were given pure-tone individual screening tests by the usual techniques. One hundred consecutive cases (children) seen in an audiology clinic were tested for pure-tone acuity. When various pairs of frequencies were examined, the pair 4000 and 500 cps would be as, or more, efficient than other pairs for detection of hearing loss among school children. A 2-frequency test apparently would have detected 83-94% of these hearing losses. A single-frequency test procedure is not appropriate for school screening test purposes. Two-frequency screening has greater potential as a screening device, but it would fail to detect an appreciable portion of the hearing losses.

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