Sensitivity and specificity of hearing tests for screening hearing loss in older adults
Hsin-Chen Ting1
Yung-Yao Huang2
1.PSA Charitable Foundation,New Taipei City,Taiwan;Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology,MacKay Medical College,New Taipei City,Taiwan2.PSA Charitable Foundation,New Taipei City,Taiwan
摘要：Objectives:The study aimed to determine the most appropriate hearing screening test to identify disabling hearing loss for adults aged 65 years or older.Methods:This study included 577 older adults.Four hearing screening tests were considered in the study,including the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly Screening(HHIE-s),three single question tests,the whisper test,and the finger rub test.The sensitivity and specificity of these tests referenced to the hearing threshold of disabling hearing loss were estimated.Results:Among all tests,only the single self-perception question(0.7064 for sensitivity;0.7225 for specificity)and whisper test(0.7833 for sensitivity;0.7708 for specificity)could obtain both sensitivity and specificity higher than 70％for adults aged≥65 years.Conclusion:Overall,we suggest using the whisper test to identify disabling hearing loss(＞40 dB HL at the better ear)for adults aged 65 years or older.However,if the conditions do not permit,the single self-perception question is also acceptable.Moreover,HHIE-s might not be a good test to detect disabling hearing loss for adults aged 80 years or older.
机标关键词：screeninglossadultshearingoldersensitivityspecificitytests
论文发表日期：2023-03-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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