Hearing screening in schoolchildren: accuracy of different criteria used to analyze transient evoked otoacoustic emissions
Triagem auditiva em escolares: acurácia de diferentes critérios de análise das emissões otoacústicas evocadas transientes
Aryelly Dayane da Silva Nunes-Araújo; Sheila Andreoli Balen; Antonio Pereira Junior; Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa
Abstract
Purpose: to compare the accuracy of different criteria used to analyze transient evoked otoacoustic emissions in schoolchildren.
Methods: an accuracy study, where an audiological assessment (audiometry, logoaudiometry, tympanometry) and transient emissions were performed with 70 schoolchildren, from the first to the fifth grade of a municipal school, in Northeastern Brazil (6-14 years, 9.9 ± 2 years), with four criteria, all with signal-to-noise ratio ≥ 3 dB, being: criterion A, in all frequency bands; B, in three consecutive frequency bands; C, in three of the five non-consecutive frequency bands; D, in 2, 3 and 4 kHz. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and predictive values with their respective confidence intervals of 95% were analyzed.
Results: criterion A showed higher sensitivity (92.31%, 95% CI: 67-98%) and lower specificity (17.35%, 95% CI: 10-29%); criterion C higher specificity (84.21%, 95% CI: 72-91%) and higher positive predictive value (52.63%; 95% CI: 51.63-54.63). Accuracy was 82.85% (95% CI 78.23-87.47) in criterion C and 70% (95% CI: 65.38-74.62) in criterion B.
Conclusion: criterion C, signal-to-noise ratio ≥ 3dB in three non-consecutive frequency bands, showed the best accuracy, being considered the best choice as a criterion for the isolated use of transient emissions as a hearing screening procedure, in schoolchildren.
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Objetivo: comparar a acurácia de diferentes critérios de análise das emissões otoacústicas evocadas transientes na triagem auditiva em escolares.
Métodos: estudo de acurácia no qual foi realizada avaliação audiológica (audiometria, logoaudiometria, timpanometria) e emissões transientes de 70 escolares do primeiro ao quinto ano de escola municipal do nordeste do Brasil (6-14 anos, 9,9 ± 2 anos), com quatro critérios, todos com relação sinal/ruído ≥ 3 dB, sendo no critério A em todas as bandas de frequência; B em três bandas de frequências consecutivas; C em três das cinco bandas de frequência não consecutivas; D em 2, 3 e 4 kHz. Foram analisadas a sensibilidade, especificidade, acurácia e valores preditivos com seus respectivos intervalos de confiança de 95%.
Resultados: o critério A apresentou maior sensibilidade (92,31%, IC95%: 67-98%) e menor especificidade (17,35%, IC95%: 10-29%); o critério C maior especificidade (84,21%, IC95%: 72-91%) e maior valor preditivo positivo (52,63%; IC95%: 51,63-54,63). A acurácia foi 82,85% (IC95% 78,23-87,47) no critério C e 70% (IC95%: 65,38-74,62) no critério B.
Conclusão: o critério C (relação sinal/ruído ≥ 3dB em três bandas de frequência não consecutivas) apresentou a melhor acurácia, sendo considerado a melhor opção como critério para o uso isolado das emissões transientes como procedimento de triagem auditiva em escolares.
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