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Air conduction audiograms in children and adults","abstract":null,"journal":"International Journal of Audiology","year":2011,"id":676863,"datarank":0.5926865577872142,"base_score":3.9512437185814275,"endowment":3.9512437185814275,"self_citation_contribution":0.5926865577872142,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.5926865577872142,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":51,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1768501,"name":"Robert Frisina","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":398265,"name":"Joseph P. 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Results: For most subjects (93% of adults and 91% of children) differences between AMTAS and manual thresholds were similar to differences that occur when two experienced audiologists test the same subjects. QUALIND detected the inaccurate audiograms with a sensitivity of 71% and a specificity of 91%. When inaccurate audiograms identified by QUALIND are excluded, the accuracy of AMTAS is similar to the accuracy of manual audiometry. Conclusions: AMTAS produces accurate air-conduction audiograms in a high proportion of 4–8 year-old children and adults. QUALIND successfully identified most inaccurate AMTAS audiograms. The method can decrease the cost and increase efficiency and accessibility of hearing testing.SumarioObjetivo: Este estudio fue diseñado para evaluar un procedimiento automatizado de evaluación audiométrica de tonos puros (AMTAS®) para niños de 4-8 años y un método de evaluación de calidad (QUALIND™) que predice la exactitud de la prueba. Diseño: Los niños fueron evaluados con el AMTAS y con audiometría convencional manual de conducción aérea. Un grupo de adultos fue evaluado como comparación. Muestra de estudio: Ochenta y un niños de 4–8 años de edad y 15 adultos. La mayoría tenían audición normal. (“la mayoría”: COMO PUEDEN DECIR ESTO, ASI, EN UN ESTUDIO CIENTÍFICO?) Resultados: En la mayoría de los sujetos (93% de los adultos y 91% de los niños) la diferencia entre el AMTAS y los umbrales manuales fue similar a las diferencias que ocurren cuando dos audiólogos de experiencia evalúan al mismo sujeto. QUALIND detectó los audiogramas inexactos con una sensibilidad del 71% y una especificidad del 91%. Cuando se excluyen los audiogramas inexactos identificados por QUALIND, la exactitud de AMTAS es similar a la exactitud de la audiometría manual. Conclusiones: AMTAS produce audiogramas de conducción aérea exactos en una alta proporción de niños de 4–8 años de edad y en adultos. QUALIND identifica con éxito las mayor parte de los audiogramas inexactos obtenidos por AMTAS. 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