开发和应用一个参考间隔的方法,以 Tympanometric 规范使用美国人口数据年龄为6 - 80+年
1Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington.
American journal of audiology
|October 27, 2023
概括
这项研究在健康的美国耳朵中建立了 tympanometric 测量的参考间隔. 大约5%-10%的普通人群落在这些间隔之外,这表明潜在的听力差异.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
背景情况:
- tympanometric 测量对于评估中耳功能至关重要.
- 建立规范性数据对于准确的临床解释至关重要.
- 以前的参考间隔可能不反映美国人口的多样性.
研究的目的:
- 分析和描述美国国家数据用于耳测量测量.
- 在健康的耳朵中建立关键耳计参数的参考间隔 (RIs).
- 将这些RI与美国普通人口的数据进行比较.
主要方法:
- 来自国家健康和营养检查调查 (2015-2020) 的16614只耳朵的分析.
- 使用中位数和累积分布函数 (CDF) 的描述性分析.
- 使用2.5至95百分位的峰值补偿静态入口 (Ytm+), tympanometric峰值压力, tympanometric宽度和相当的声学耳道体积 (Vea+) 的参考区间方法.
主要成果:
- 对于不同的年龄组 (6-13岁与14-80岁以上) 和Ytm+和Vea+的性别,需要单独的RI.
- 在非西班牙裔亚洲人中,在老年人群中也发现了Ytm+的RI.
- 一般人群中5%-10%的耳朵落在已建立的RI之外.
- 在RIs以外的耳朵显示低频听力值大约高5dB.
结论:
- 在健康的美国耳朵中成功建立了耳测量指标的参考间隔.
- 美国总人口中有很大一部分 (5%-10%) 超出了这些规范范围.
- 这些发现凸显了对声计数据的年龄,性别和种族特异性解释的需要.
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