Hearing Loss Screening Tests for Adults

Becerril-Ramírez, Perla B.; González-Sánchez, Dina F.; Gómez-García, Angélica; Figueroa-Moreno, Rafael; Bravo-Escobar, Gerardo Arturo; Cruz, Miguel Alfredo García de la

doi:10.1016/j.otoeng.2013.06.001

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“…Some authors favor sensitivity for detecting possible hearing impairments, while others prefer specificity for selecting possible cases of normal hearing. Values reported in the literature for the HHIE-S, a scale widely used for screening hearing of older adults, range from 23.5% to 100% for sensitivity and 50% to 95% for specificity (4,8,9,11) , whereas cut-offs established for the scale in the present study were 81.8% sensitivity and 78.3% specificity.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Self-reporting scales assessing disabilities and handicap for activities have been applied as hearing screening instruments in adults and shown higher sensitivity and specificity values than for informal interviews, as in the present study (3,4) .…”

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confidence: 61%

“…The Brazilian Portuguese version of the SSQ provides 80% accuracy, corresponding to 80% precision in diagnosing hearing loss for the established cut-off point. This figure indicates greater accuracy compared to other self-assessment hearing handicap questionnaires, which offer accuracy of between 58% and 71.8% ( 4 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 29 ) .…”

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confidence: 85%

“…The ideal strategy for evaluating functional hearing of adults is using a combination of tools, such as questionnaires and audiometric tests (3)(4)(5) . A variety of different self-assessment instruments have been developed for measuring hearing disabilities, handicap and for documenting self-reported difficulties caused by hearing loss (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) .…”

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Sensitivity and specificity of the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ5) for screening hearing in adults

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Purpose To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of 5 questions of the SSQ in Brazilian Portuguese for its application as a hearing screening instrument in adults. Methods A total of 135 adults with a mean age of 49.6 years and education of 9 years took part in the study. All subjects underwent hearing tests and were divided into 2 groups according to hearing acuity: G1 – 66 individuals with normal hearing on audiometric test: and G2 – 69 participants with impaired hearing on audiometric evaluation in one or both ears. The 5 items of the SSQ5, derived from the Brazilian Portuguese version of the SSQ49 were applied. The level of significance was set at a p-value ≤ 0.05, with a 95% confidence interval. Results G1 subjects were younger and higher educated (p<0.01). A weak positive correlation was found between education and SSQ5 score only in G1. In G2, there was no correlation of age or education with SSQ5 performance. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) for the relationship between SSQ5 and audiometric average was 0.854 and p-value was <0.001 with bounds of 0.79 and 0.91. SSQ5 scores were lower in G2 (p<0.001). The cut-off point with optimal balance between sensitivity and specificity was 7.3, yielding 80% accuracy, 81.8% sensitivity and 78.3% specificity. Conclusion The Brazilian Portuguese version of the SSQ5 proved suitable for screening hearing loss in adults, offering good accuracy, sensitivity and specificity for detecting hearing loss.

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