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Validation of self-reported hearing loss. The Blue Mountains Hearing Study

Author(s) -

Doungkamol Sindhusake,

Paul Mitchell,

Wayne H. Smith,

Maryanne Golding,

Philip Newall,

David Hartley,

George Rubin

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.6.1371

Subject(s) - audiology , hearing loss , medicine , audiometry , decibel , population , gold standard (test) , pure tone audiometry , presbycusis , epidemiology , environmental health

Large-scale epidemiological studies have often used self-report to estimate prevalence of age-related hearing loss. However, few large population-based studies have validated self-report against measured hearing loss. Our study aimed to assess the performance of a single question and a brief hearing handicap questionnaire in identifying individuals with hearing loss, against the gold standard of pure-tone audiometry.

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