Journal article
A Comparison of Self-Reported Hearing and Pure Tone Threshold Average in the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Survey
Journal of agromedicine, Vol.10(3), pp.31-39
11/01/2005
DOI: 10.1300/J096v10n03_04
PMID: 16537314
Abstract
Background: Self-reported hearing measures are useful for surveying hearing loss in a population because they are short, and easy to administer by either questionnaire or telephone. This study aims to assess the performance of several self-reported hearing measures to identify hearing loss in a group of Iowa farmers.
Methods: The study subjects were 98 male farmers who participated in the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Survey. We tested three self-reported hearing measures; the hearing screening questions, the Rating Scale for Each Ear (RSEE), and the Health, Education and Welfare-Expanded Hearing Ability Scale (HEW-EHAS), which were originally developed and implemented in the National Health Interview Survey. The sensitivity and specificity of the self-reported hearing measures were assessed by comparing them with pure tone threshold averages. These sensitivity and specificity measures were compared between younger and older age groups.
Results: The sensitivities of the screening questions, RSEE, and HEW-EHAS were 73.0%, 66.7%, and 53.3%, respectively. The specificities of the self-reported hearing measures were similar, which ranged from 81.4% to 84.8%. The sensitivities of the self-reported hearing measures were higher in the younger age group while the specificities were higher in the older age group.
Conclusions: The results of this study support the use of simple screening questions in identifying hearing loss among farmers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Comparison of Self-Reported Hearing and Pure Tone Threshold Average in the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Survey
- Creators
- Seong-Woo Choi - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , College of Public HealthCorinne Peek-Asa - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , College of Public HealthCraig Zwerling - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , College of Public HealthNancy L Sprince - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , College of Public HealthRisto H Rautiainen - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , College of Public HealthPaul S Whitten - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health , College of Public HealthGreg A Flamme - Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology , College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of agromedicine, Vol.10(3), pp.31-39
- DOI
- 10.1300/J096v10n03_04
- PMID
- 16537314
- NLM abbreviation
- J Agromedicine
- ISSN
- 1059-924X
- eISSN
- 1545-0813
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984215042902771
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