Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss
Teachers of 110 pre-school pupils used a questionnaire to identify which children they thought would fail a hearing screening. Following screening, the data was compared to both audiometric only, and combined audiometric and tymponometric screening results. Teachers identified one out of six pupils...
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| description | Teachers of 110 pre-school pupils used a questionnaire to identify which children they thought would fail a hearing screening. Following screening, the data was compared to both audiometric only, and combined audiometric and tymponometric screening results. Teachers identified one out of six pupils who failed audiometric screening, and one out of seven who failed combined screening. We concluded that teachers could not accurately identify pupils with hearing problems and should not be used to detect hearing losses in pupils without prior education and training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1f5d27302cb4b0db5766995027adcf42022-12-21T17:31:48ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47651997-12-0144110.4102/sajcd.v44i1.225128Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing lossNicole Chambers0Ilona Anderson1Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the WitwatersrandTeachers of 110 pre-school pupils used a questionnaire to identify which children they thought would fail a hearing screening. Following screening, the data was compared to both audiometric only, and combined audiometric and tymponometric screening results. Teachers identified one out of six pupils who failed audiometric screening, and one out of seven who failed combined screening. We concluded that teachers could not accurately identify pupils with hearing problems and should not be used to detect hearing losses in pupils without prior education and training.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/225teacherspre-school childrenhearing lossidentification |
| spellingShingle | Nicole Chambers Ilona Anderson Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss South African Journal of Communication Disorders teachers pre-school children hearing loss identification |
| title | Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss |
| title_full | Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss |
| title_fullStr | Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss |
| title_short | Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss |
| title_sort | teacher accuracy in the identification of pre school pupils with hearing loss |
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