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The Incidence and Significance of High-Frequency Deafness in Children

The Incidence and Significance of High-Frequency Deafness in Children Abstract THE SOUND frequencies to be tested in school hearing screening programs have been and continue to be the subject of discussion. Within the past few years, new concepts of screening have developed in which the single frequency of 4,000 cycles per second, or a combination of 4,000 and 1,000 cps, or 4,000 and 2,000 cps have been used in place of the standard five- and six-frequency sweep tests. Differences of opinion exist as to the effectiveness of this technique. Glorig and House1 developed oto-check, as two-frequency (4,000 and 2,000 cps) screening audiometer which they stated was 99.5% as accurate in detecting hearing impairments as the standard sweep test. In a study designed to check the validity of oto-check, Lightfoot et al2 concluded that the two-frequency screening procedure was inadequate for use in school programs and physicians' offices. They based their conclusions on the fact that of 552 ears References 1. House, H.P., and Glorig, A.: A New Concept of Audiotory Screening , Laryngoscope 67:661-668, 1957. 2. Lightfoot, C.; Buckingham, R.A.; and Kelly, M.N.: A Check on Oto-check , Arch Otolaryng 70:103-113, 1959.Crossref 3. Siegenthaler, B., and Sommers, R.: Abbreviated Sweep Check Procedures For School Hearing Testing , J Speech Hearing Dis 24:249-257, 1959. 4. Lawrence, C.L., and Rubin, W.: The Efficiency of Limited Frequency Audiometric Screening in a School Hearing Conservation Program, read before the Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association, New York, 1958. 5. Maxwell, R.W., and Davidson, G.: "Limited-Frequency Screening and Ear Pathology , J Speech Hearing Dis 26:122-125, ( (May) ) 1961. 6. Norton, R., and Lux, M.: Double Frequency Audiotory Screening , J Speech Hearing Dis 25:293-299, 1960. 7. Siegenthaler, B.: Self Judgments of Speech Adequacy , J Speech Hearing Dis 26:244-251, 1961. 8. Committee on Identification Audiometry, American Speech and Hearing Association Monograph, suppl 9, 1961. 9. Sheridan, M.D.: Child's Hearing for Spoken Language , Cereb Palsy Bull 3:39-95, 1961. 10. Whetnell, E.: The Deaf Child , Practitioner 174:375-389, 1955. 11. Anderson, U.M.: Reading Disability: What Should the School Physician Look for in Determining its Causation , J Sch Health 35: No. 4, ( (April) ) 1965. 12. Schonell, F.J.: Backwardness in the Basic Subjects , ed 4, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, Ltd., 1948. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1967 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0002-922X
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10.1001/archpedi.1967.02090200092008
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Abstract

Abstract THE SOUND frequencies to be tested in school hearing screening programs have been and continue to be the subject of discussion. Within the past few years, new concepts of screening have developed in which the single frequency of 4,000 cycles per second, or a combination of 4,000 and 1,000 cps, or 4,000 and 2,000 cps have been used in place of the standard five- and six-frequency sweep tests. Differences of opinion exist as to the effectiveness of this technique. Glorig and House1 developed oto-check, as two-frequency (4,000 and 2,000 cps) screening audiometer which they stated was 99.5% as accurate in detecting hearing impairments as the standard sweep test. In a study designed to check the validity of oto-check, Lightfoot et al2 concluded that the two-frequency screening procedure was inadequate for use in school programs and physicians' offices. They based their conclusions on the fact that of 552 ears References 1. House, H.P., and Glorig, A.: A New Concept of Audiotory Screening , Laryngoscope 67:661-668, 1957. 2. Lightfoot, C.; Buckingham, R.A.; and Kelly, M.N.: A Check on Oto-check , Arch Otolaryng 70:103-113, 1959.Crossref 3. Siegenthaler, B., and Sommers, R.: Abbreviated Sweep Check Procedures For School Hearing Testing , J Speech Hearing Dis 24:249-257, 1959. 4. Lawrence, C.L., and Rubin, W.: The Efficiency of Limited Frequency Audiometric Screening in a School Hearing Conservation Program, read before the Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association, New York, 1958. 5. Maxwell, R.W., and Davidson, G.: "Limited-Frequency Screening and Ear Pathology , J Speech Hearing Dis 26:122-125, ( (May) ) 1961. 6. Norton, R., and Lux, M.: Double Frequency Audiotory Screening , J Speech Hearing Dis 25:293-299, 1960. 7. Siegenthaler, B.: Self Judgments of Speech Adequacy , J Speech Hearing Dis 26:244-251, 1961. 8. Committee on Identification Audiometry, American Speech and Hearing Association Monograph, suppl 9, 1961. 9. Sheridan, M.D.: Child's Hearing for Spoken Language , Cereb Palsy Bull 3:39-95, 1961. 10. Whetnell, E.: The Deaf Child , Practitioner 174:375-389, 1955. 11. Anderson, U.M.: Reading Disability: What Should the School Physician Look for in Determining its Causation , J Sch Health 35: No. 4, ( (April) ) 1965. 12. Schonell, F.J.: Backwardness in the Basic Subjects , ed 4, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, Ltd., 1948.

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American Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: May 1, 1967

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