The accuracy of self-report in identifying individuals with hearing impairment was evaluated in 1988 in 267 women from rural Iowa. Using pure-tone threshold audiometry as the standard, self-reported hearing loss was a sensitive and specific indicator of measured losses of 40 decibel hearing level for pure-tone averages of either 1,000 and 2,000 Hz or 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 and 4,000 Hz (sensitivities, 90% and 84%; specificities, 71 % and 75%, respectively). Predictive values positive were low (28% and 42%) in this population where hearing loss prevalence was 11-18%, but would be increased to acceptable levels in populations with a prevalence of approximately 30%. © 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.
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Clark, K., Sowers, M., Wallace, R. B., & Anderson, C. (1991). The accuracy of self-reported hearing loss in women aged 60-85 years. American Journal of Epidemiology, 134(7), 704–708. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116147
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