TY - JOUR
T1 - A language-independent hearing screening self-test at school-entry
AU - Van den Borre, Elien
AU - Tufatulin, Gaziz
AU - Zupan, Lea
AU - Božanić Urbančič, Nina
AU - Lavie, Limor
AU - Holube, Inga
AU - Swarnalatha Nagaraj, Vinay
AU - Gurses, Emre
AU - Denys, Sam
AU - van Wieringen, Astrid
AU - Wouters, Jan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, The Author(s).
PY - 2024/1/31
Y1 - 2024/1/31
N2 - The usage of a tablet-based language-independent self-test involving the recognition of ecological sounds in background noise, the Sound Ear Check, was investigated. The results of 692 children, aged between 5 and 9 years and 4 months, recruited in seven different countries, were used to analyze the validity and the cultural independence of test. Three different test procedures, namely a monaural adaptive procedure, a procedure presenting the sounds dichotically in diotic noise, and a procedure presenting all the sounds with a fixed signal-to-noise ratio and a stopping rule were studied. Results showed high sensitivity and specificity of all three procedures to detect conductive, sensorineural and mixed hearing loss > 30 dB HL. Additionally, the data collected from different countries were consistent, and there were no clinically relevant differences observed between countries. Therefore, the Sound Ear Check can offer an international hearing screening test for young children at school entry, solving the current lack of hearing screening services on a global scale.
AB - The usage of a tablet-based language-independent self-test involving the recognition of ecological sounds in background noise, the Sound Ear Check, was investigated. The results of 692 children, aged between 5 and 9 years and 4 months, recruited in seven different countries, were used to analyze the validity and the cultural independence of test. Three different test procedures, namely a monaural adaptive procedure, a procedure presenting the sounds dichotically in diotic noise, and a procedure presenting all the sounds with a fixed signal-to-noise ratio and a stopping rule were studied. Results showed high sensitivity and specificity of all three procedures to detect conductive, sensorineural and mixed hearing loss > 30 dB HL. Additionally, the data collected from different countries were consistent, and there were no clinically relevant differences observed between countries. Therefore, the Sound Ear Check can offer an international hearing screening test for young children at school entry, solving the current lack of hearing screening services on a global scale.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-024-53026-y
DO - 10.1038/s41598-024-53026-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 38297140
AN - SCOPUS:85183860043
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 14
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 2582
ER -