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A comparison of speech audiometry and pure tone audiometry in patients with secretory otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. B. Pringle ,
A. Thompson  and
K. Reddy
M. B. Pringle*
Affiliation:
From the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X.
A. Thompson
Affiliation:
From the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X.
K. Reddy
Affiliation:
From the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X.
*
M. B. Pringle, F.R.C.S., Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X.
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Abstract

Speech audiometry was performed on 15 children with secretory otitis media pre-and post-operatively and the findings compared with the pre-and post-operative pure tone audiograms. The results showed that in 30 per cent of cases pre-operatively the speech audiogram suggested a significantly worse hearing ability than that suggested by the pure tone audiogram (PTA). Where a PTA gives a borderline threshold disproportionate parental concern should be taken seriously as the hearing ability may well be worse than the PTA suggests.

Keywords

Otitis media with effusionAudiometry, pure toneAudiometryspeech

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Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 9 , September 1993 , pp. 787 - 789
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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