Seventh survey of audiometric practices in the United States

J Am Acad Audiol. 1998 Apr;9(2):95-104.

Abstract

A 5-page questionnaire was sent to 500 audiologists who were randomly selected from the directory of members of the American Academy of Audiology to assess the clinical practices most commonly used by certified audiologists in the United States. Survey content was limited to only those practices and procedures routinely used by audiologists across the nation. The current results were then compared to those obtained in similar studies conducted in 1971, 1972, 1978, 1985, 1989, and 1994 to determine which clinical procedures are being retained, modified, or replaced.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Audiology / methods
  • Audiology / standards*
  • Audiometry, Pure-Tone / methods
  • Audiometry, Speech / methods
  • Correction of Hearing Impairment
  • Data Collection
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
  • Hearing Aids
  • Hearing Disorders / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Perceptual Masking
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • Speech Reception Threshold Test / methods
  • United States