Otoacoustic emissions as a screening test for hearing impairment in children

Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) are low amplitude sound waves produced by the healthy cochlea. They can be recorded with a microphone in the external ear. TEOAEs are abolished by hearing losses of 30 dB or more. The feasibility of using TEOAEs as a screening test for hearing loss in...

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Adolescent
Auditory system
Auditory Tests
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cochlea
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Ears & hearing
Emissions
Feasibility Studies
Hearing Disorders - diagnosis
Hearing Disorders - physiopathology
Hearing loss
Hearing Tests - methods
Humans
Infant
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Otoacoustic emissions
Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Pediatrics
Predictive Value of Tests
Screening Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sound waves
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Auditory system
Auditory Tests
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cochlea
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Ears & hearing
Emissions
Feasibility Studies
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Hearing Disorders - physiopathology
Hearing loss
Hearing Tests - methods
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Infant
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Otoacoustic emissions
Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Pediatrics
Predictive Value of Tests
Screening Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sound waves
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