In:
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, American Speech Language Hearing Association, Vol. 26, No. 1 ( 1995-01), p. 33-38
Abstract:
This study reported on the prevalence of middle ear disorders and hearing loss among native Hawaiian preschoolers. The subjects included children enrolled in the Kamehameha Schools on the islands of Kauai, Maui, and Oahu. At the beginning of the school year, each child received a battery of tests that included pure-tone audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflectometry, and pneumatic otoscopy. Approximately 15% of the children failed a majority of these tests. Serial testing, involving pure-tone audiometry and tympanometry, was administered at regular intervals throughout the school year. Approximately 9–15% of the children failed both audiometric and tympanometric tests at each of the serial screenings. The results are discussed in comparison to other indigenous groups at risk for middle ear disorders and hearing loss and as evidence of the need to develop systematic screenings for Hawaii’s preschool children.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0161-1461
,
1558-9129
DOI:
10.1044/0161-1461.2601.33
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Publication Date:
1995
SSG:
7,11
SSG:
5,3
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