Unoccluded Bone Conduction Screening as an Alternative to Impedance Screening
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-1976
Description
The present study was undertaken to determine which intensity level of an unoccluded bone-conducted (BC) signal might be best suited for use as a supplemental procedure to an individual pure-tone air-conduction school screening program. Four intensity levels (0, 5, 10, 15 dB hearing level) of a 500 Hz BC tone were presented in ascending order to a public school population in addition to screening by impedance audiometry and pure-tone air conducted signals. Tetrachoric analysis using impedance screening results as a standard comparison revealed that a 10-dB unoccluded BC signal at 500 Hz provided an effective supplemental procedure for identifying conductive pathology in the population studied.
Citation Information
Kelly, B. R.; and Denniston, G. L.. 1976. Unoccluded Bone Conduction Screening as an Alternative to Impedance Screening. Journal of the American Auditory Society. Vol.2(3). 83-87. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1002583/ PMID: 1002583 ISSN: 0164-5080
