The Benefit of Air Conduction Pure-Tone Audiometry as a Screening Method for Hearing Loss over the VAS Score [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Hearing loss is commonly encountered by general practitioners. We aimed to evaluate the screening benefit of air conduction pure-tone audiometry over visual analogue scale (VAS) scores for hearing loss.
Aris I. Giotakis +6 more
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Bayesian Pure-Tone Audiometry Through Active Learning Under Informed Priors [PDF]
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 Pure-tone audiometry—the process of estimating a person's hearing threshold from “audible” and “inaudible” responses to tones of varying frequency and intensity—is the basis for diagnosing and quantifying hearing loss.
Marco Cox, Bert de Vries, Bert de Vries
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Assessing hearing loss in older adults with a single question and person characteristics; Comparison with pure tone audiometry in the Rotterdam Study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Introduction Hearing loss (HL) is a frequent problem among the elderly and has been studied in many cohort studies. However, pure tone audiometry—the gold standard—is rather time-consuming and costly for large population-based studies.
Oosterloo BC +5 more
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Noise Health, 2019 Objective: Hearing plays a crucial role in the performance of a soldier and is important for communication and speech processing. Service personnel are constantly exposed to high levels of noise and hence predisposed to occupational health disabilities ...
Kapoor N, Mani KV, Shukla M.
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Pure tone audiometry and cerebral pathology in healthy older adults. [PDF]
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2020 BACKGROUND: Hearing impairment may be a modifiable risk factor for dementia. However, it is unclear how hearing associates with pathologies relevant to dementia in preclinical populations.
Parker T +19 more
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Hearing Tests Based on Biologically Calibrated Mobile Devices: Comparison With Pure-Tone Audiometry
JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018 BackgroundHearing screening tests based on pure-tone audiometry may be conducted on mobile devices, provided that the devices are specially calibrated for the purpose.
Masalski, Marcin +2 more
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Otitis media with effusion in children: Cross-frequency correlation in pure tone audiometry. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Different guidelines are adopted in clinics and countries to assess pure tone hearing sensitivity in children with otitis media with effusion (OME).
Chow AHC, Cai T, McPherson B, Yang F.
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Pure Tone Audiometry and Hearing Loss in Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2021 An association between age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has been widely reported. However, the nature of this relationship remains poorly understood.
Kwok SS +4 more
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Utilizing True Wireless Stereo Earbuds in Automated Pure-Tone Audiometry. [PDF]
Trends Hear, 2021 True wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have become popular and widespread in recent years, and numerous automated pure-tone audiometer applications have been developed for portable devices.
Guo Z +5 more
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Noise-induced Hearing Loss among Patients Requiring Pure Tone Audiometry Evaluation in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023 Introduction: Noise-induced hearing loss is a type of sensorineural hearing loss caused by long-term exposure to loud noise. This study provides insight into hearing loss problems the general population faces.
Sangita Shrestha +4 more
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