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Screening for hearing loss in juvenile detention centers
A E Holmes1, H S Kaplan, S W Nichols
1Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
Results of hearing screenings for 226 incarcerated adolescents are presented. Screenings consisted of visual otoscopy check, pure-tone screening, and tympanometry. Failures were defined as excessive cerumen impeding a clear view of the tympanum, failure to respond at 25 dB HL for 1000 through 6000 Hz, or a Jerger Type B or C tympanogram. An overall failure rate of 35.5 percent was found, with 9.8 percent failing otoscopy, 7.5 percent failing tympanometry, and 25.3 percent failing pure-tone screening. Implications for medical and audiologic evaluation in the population are discussed.