audiometric characteristics of children and adults
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Audiometric Characteristics of Children and Adults. Andrea Pittman, Ph.D. Patricia Stelmachowicz, Ph.D. Boys Town National Research Hospital. Funded by a grant from NIH. Possible Adult-Child Differences. Audiometric Configurations Right-Left Ear Asymmetry of Hearing Loss - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Audiometric Characteristics of Children and Adults
Andrea Pittman, Ph.D.Patricia Stelmachowicz, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Funded by a grant from NIH
Possible Adult-Child Differences
Audiometric Configurations Right-Left Ear Asymmetry of Hearing Loss Progression of Hearing Loss
Methods Groups 248 audiograms from 60- and 61-year-old
adults 227 audiograms from 6-year-old children
Criteria Right ear thresholds at octave test frequencies
250-8 kHz At least one threshold > 30 dB Confirmed right ear sensorinueral hearing loss
by bone conduction audiometry Air-bone gaps < 10 dB.
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
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60
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
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60
80
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
40
60
80
100
250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
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100
250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
0
20
40
60
80
100
250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Audiogram Classification Sloping Rising Flat U-Shaped Noise Notched Tent-Shaped Other
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100
250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Results: Configurations
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% O
F AU
DIOG
RAM
S
AdultsChildren
Results: Average Audiograms
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Sloping
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Sloping
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Sloping
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Flat
-20
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: U-Shaped
-20
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: U-Shaped
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
-20
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Tent-Shaped
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Tent-Shaped
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Other
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Other
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Other
-20
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000Frequency (Hz)
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Other
-20
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Results: Other
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Hear
ing
Leve
l (dB
HL)
Adults Children
Asymmetry Left Ear Thresholds 248 60- and 61-year-old adults 227 6-year-old children
Results: Asymmetry
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250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000FREQUENCY (Hz)
% O
F AU
DIOG
RAM
S
AdultsChildren
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
Left
Ear (
dB H
L)
Results: Asymmetry @ 250 Hz
Adults Children
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
Left
Ear (
dB H
L)
Results: Asymmetry @ 500 Hz
Adults Children
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120
0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
Left
Ear (
dB H
L)
Results: Asymmetry @ 1k Hz
Adults Children
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
Left
Ear (
dB H
L)
Results: Asymmetry @ 2k Hz
Adults Children
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
Left
Ear (
dB H
L)
Results: Asymmetry @ 4k Hz
Adults Children
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120Right Ear (dB HL)
Left
Ear (
dB H
L)
Results: Asymmetry @ 8k Hz
Adults Children