Critical View on Audiometric Screening in School
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 101 (8) , 469-473
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1975.00780370011005
Abstract
After examination of the factors affecting the validity of audiometric tests in schools, screening programs are seen as having little value as a preventive measure because of their failure to reach their primary purpose, the early discovery of hearing loss and ear disease. The philosophy of screening is challenged and an approach of total prevention proposed that puts much more emphasis on primary prevention measures such as the control of determinants of ear disease and hearing loss in school-children.Keywords
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- An Investigation into the Effects of Ambient Noise on Pure Tone Screening Tests of Hearing in SchoolsBritish Journal of Audiology, 1971