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0599/2016 - Screening of hearing in elderly people: assessment of accuracy and reproducibility of the whispered voice test.
Triagem auditiva em idosos: avaliação da acurácia e reprodutibilidade do teste do sussurro.

Author:

• Ludimila Labanca - Labanca, Ludimila - belo horizonte, Minas Gerais - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina - <ludlabanca@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Denise Utsch Gonçalves - Gonçalves, Denise Utsch - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina, Otorrinolaringologia - <deniseu85@gmail.com>
• Letícia Pimenta Costa Guarisco - Guarisco, Letícia Pimenta Costa - Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Gerontologia - <lepcosta@hotmail.com>
• Erica de Araújo Brandão Couto - Couto, Erica de Araújo Brandão - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina, Fonoaudiologia - <ecouto.bhz@gmail.com>
• Fernando Sales Guimarães - Guimarães, Fernando Sales - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina - <fernandoguimaraes_fono@yahoo.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

Given the high prevalence of presbycusis and the damage it brings about, a screening test can be useful in the identification of hearing loss in primary care. Thus, this study aimed to determine the accuracy and reproducibility of the whispered voice test as a method to screen hearing in elderly people. This cross-sectional study included 210 elderly people aging60 to 97 years old, who underwent both the whispered voice test with ten different expressions and the audiometry as a reference test. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the test were assessed, and the last one by the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. The test was repeated in 20% of the ears by a second examiner in order to assess the interexaminer reproducibility (IER). The expressions which have shown greater area under the ROC curve (AUC) and IER were: sapato (AUC=0.918; IER=0.877), janela (AUC=0.917; IER=0.869), parece que vai chover (AUC=0.911; IER=0.810), and o ônibus está atrasado (AUC=0.900; IER=0.810), proving that the whispered voice test is a useful screening tool for hearing in elderly individuals. It was then proposed that these words and phrases be incorporated into the whispered voice test protocol.

Keywords:

agedtriagehearing losshealth services for the agedprimary health care

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Labanca, Ludimila, Gonçalves, Denise Utsch, Guarisco, Letícia Pimenta Costa, Couto, Erica de Araújo Brandão, Guimarães, Fernando Sales. Screening of hearing in elderly people: assessment of accuracy and reproducibility of the whispered voice test.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Dec). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/screening-of-hearing-in-elderly-people-assessment-of-accuracy-and-reproducibility-of-the-whispered-voice-test/16025



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