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Improved case finding for pediatric hearing loss: Cost analysis of school screening programs
Author(s) -
Jacobs Edward E.,
Lavelle William G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197905000-00001
Subject(s) - audiology , referral , audiometry , hearing loss , identification (biology) , medicine , cost analysis , pure tone audiometry , computer science , reliability engineering , engineering , family medicine , biology , botany
Abstract The majority of school hearing conservation programs employ pure tone identification audiometry as a basis of referral for further evaluation. An analysis of the cost impact of school screening programs is presented and a method of relating costs to screening program accuracy is described. This type of analysis may be used as a model for estimating cost impact and cost‐benefit for pure tone audiometry and other techniques of screening for hearing loss.