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Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis
Given the high prevalence of presbycusis and the damage it brings about, a screening test can be useful in the identification of hearing loss in primary care. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of hearing loss in a representative sample of elderly people living at Butantan using an audiological screeni...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9442407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21340192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1808-86942011000100012 |
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author | Samelli, Alessandra Giannella Negretti, Camila Aparecida Ueda, Kerli Saori Moreira, Renata Rodrigues Schochat, Eliane |
author_facet | Samelli, Alessandra Giannella Negretti, Camila Aparecida Ueda, Kerli Saori Moreira, Renata Rodrigues Schochat, Eliane |
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description | Given the high prevalence of presbycusis and the damage it brings about, a screening test can be useful in the identification of hearing loss in primary care. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of hearing loss in a representative sample of elderly people living at Butantan using an audiological screening method (questionnaire) and a basic audiological evaluation; to compare the results of the two kinds of evaluations, checking the validity of this tool for hearing loss screening. Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Materials and Methods: 200 individuals (above 60 years old, both genders) were randomly selected to undergo audiological screening (questionnaire). Another randomly selected group encompassed 100 individuals who were submitted to a set of audiological tests. Then, we compared the results from the two methods. Results: There were no statistically significant associations between the questionnaire and the degree of hearing loss of the patients. Conclusion: The prevalence of hearing loss in our sample was of 56% in the screening and of 95% when checked by the audiological evaluation. Therefore, screening was not proven valid to assess hearing when compared to audiological evaluation. |
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spelling | pubmed-94424072022-09-09 Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis Samelli, Alessandra Giannella Negretti, Camila Aparecida Ueda, Kerli Saori Moreira, Renata Rodrigues Schochat, Eliane Braz J Otorhinolaryngol Original Article Given the high prevalence of presbycusis and the damage it brings about, a screening test can be useful in the identification of hearing loss in primary care. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of hearing loss in a representative sample of elderly people living at Butantan using an audiological screening method (questionnaire) and a basic audiological evaluation; to compare the results of the two kinds of evaluations, checking the validity of this tool for hearing loss screening. Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Materials and Methods: 200 individuals (above 60 years old, both genders) were randomly selected to undergo audiological screening (questionnaire). Another randomly selected group encompassed 100 individuals who were submitted to a set of audiological tests. Then, we compared the results from the two methods. Results: There were no statistically significant associations between the questionnaire and the degree of hearing loss of the patients. Conclusion: The prevalence of hearing loss in our sample was of 56% in the screening and of 95% when checked by the audiological evaluation. Therefore, screening was not proven valid to assess hearing when compared to audiological evaluation. Elsevier 2015-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9442407/ /pubmed/21340192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1808-86942011000100012 Text en . https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Samelli, Alessandra Giannella Negretti, Camila Aparecida Ueda, Kerli Saori Moreira, Renata Rodrigues Schochat, Eliane Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
title | Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
title_full | Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
title_fullStr | Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
title_short | Comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
title_sort | comparing audiological evaluation and screening: a study on presbycusis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9442407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21340192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1808-86942011000100012 |
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