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Toward a standard description of hearing loss.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18049964     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Hearing losses are frequently described by categories that characterize the configuration, severity, and site of lesion from a pure-tone audiogram. Although many category descriptors are in common use, there are no standard definitions of those terms, nor have the category definitions been validated against current clinical practice. The development and validation of AMCLASStrade mark is described. To validate the classification method, five expert judges selected configuration, severity, and site of lesion categories for 231 audiograms that varied widely in audiometric configuration. Interjudge comparisons indicated that expert judges frequently disagree on how they describe an audiogram. Category definitions were adjusted to maximize agreement between AMCLASStrade mark and the consensus of the judges. The final set of category definitions produced categories that agreed with the consensus more often than the average agreement between pairs of judges.
Authors:
Robert H Margolis; George L Saly
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of audiology     Volume:  46     ISSN:  1708-8186     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Audiol     Publication Date:  2007 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-11-30     Completed Date:  2008-03-26     Revised Date:  2008-06-05    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140017     Medline TA:  Int J Audiol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  746-58     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. margo001@umn.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Hearing Disorders / classification*,  diagnosis*,  epidemiology
Humans
Observer Variation
Severity of Illness Index
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Int J Audiol. 2008 May;47(5):283; author reply 283   [PMID:  18465413 ]

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