OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between self-reported and audiometrically-measured hearing loss in a sample of Australian Defence Force personnel. DESIGN: Responses to a question regarding hearing problems were compared with contemporaneous audiometric data. STUDY SAMPLE: 3335 members of the Australian Defence Force for whom anonymised medical records were available. RESULTS: The sensitivity of self-report data to identify higher-frequency hearing loss was lower than sensitivity at other frequencies, and positive predictive values were moderate to poor at all frequencies. Performance characteristics of self-report compared with audiometric data also varied with age, sex, and rank. CONCLUSIONS: While self-report hearing loss data have good performance characteristics for estimating prevalence of hearing loss as defined by audiometric criteria, this study indicates that the usefulness of self-report data in identifying individuals with hearing loss may be limited in this population.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between self-reported and audiometrically-measured hearing loss in a sample of Australian Defence Force personnel. DESIGN: Responses to a question regarding hearing problems were compared with contemporaneous audiometric data. STUDY SAMPLE: 3335 members of the Australian Defence Force for whom anonymised medical records were available. RESULTS: The sensitivity of self-report data to identify higher-frequency hearing loss was lower than sensitivity at other frequencies, and positive predictive values were moderate to poor at all frequencies. Performance characteristics of self-report compared with audiometric data also varied with age, sex, and rank. CONCLUSIONS: While self-report hearing loss data have good performance characteristics for estimating prevalence of hearing loss as defined by audiometric criteria, this study indicates that the usefulness of self-report data in identifying individuals with hearing loss may be limited in this population.
Authors: Shirin Ardeshirrouhanifard; Sophie D Fossa; Robert Huddart; Patrick O Monahan; Chunkit Fung; Yiqing Song; M Eileen Dolan; Darren R Feldman; Robert J Hamilton; David Vaughn; Neil E Martin; Christian Kollmannsberger; Paul Dinh; Lawrence Einhorn; Robert D Frisina; Lois B Travis Journal: Ear Hear Date: 2022 May/Jun Impact factor: 3.562
Authors: Matthew R Trendowski; Jessica L Baedke; Yadav Sapkota; Lois B Travis; Xindi Zhang; Omar El Charif; Heather E Wheeler; Wendy M Leisenring; Leslie L Robison; Melissa M Hudson; Lindsay M Morton; Kevin C Oeffinger; Rebecca M Howell; Gregory T Armstrong; Smita Bhatia; M Eileen Dolan Journal: Cancer Date: 2021-07-19 Impact factor: 6.860