Audiologic and Otologic Screening of Disadvantaged Children

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Abstract
A total of 461 children from an extremely disadvantaged innercity population received hearing screening tests. The data were corrected for false positives. The resulting 19.8% of failures is believed to represent an accurate estimate of hearing impairment in this population. Comparison with other studies shows a relatively high incidence of impaired hearing among disadvantaged children whether from urban or rural groups. Of the children 175 received both hearing screening and ear, nose, and throat examination. Comparisons of ear, nose, and throat findings with screening test results and results of complete audiological evaluations showed that neither type of examination would serve to identify both hearing impairment and pathological disturbances of the ear. In order to insure basic hearing care to children from low socioeconomic areas throughout the country, it appears necessary to plan for more medical and audiological service than had previously been projected.

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