TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrasubject reliability of high-frequency (9-14 kHz) thresholds
T2 - tested separately vs. following conventional-frequency testing.
AU - Fausti, S. A.
AU - Henry, J. A.
AU - Hayden, D.
AU - Phillips, D. S.
AU - Frey, R. H.
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - Retrospective analysis of hearing-threshold data from a multisite ototoxicity monitoring study identified an individualized range of predominantly high frequencies (> 8 kHz) that appeared to be highly sensitive to early threshold changes caused by ototoxicity. This suggested the potential for a limited-frequency monitoring protocol that could be conducted rapidly without compromising sensitivity to ototoxicity. Such testing would require high-frequency thresholds to be obtained independently, that is, without prior testing at conventional frequencies (0.25-8 kHz). This study was conducted to determine the test-retest reliability of isolated threshold testing in a "target" frequency range of high frequencies (9, 10, 11.2, 12.5, and 14 kHz) that represented a shortened ototoxicity monitoring test. Twenty normal-hearing subjects were evaluated over five sessions. During each session, subjects were tested in each of two conditions: (1) conventional frequencies (0.25-8 kHz) tested first, followed by target frequencies; and (2) target frequencies tested alone (isolation condition). Depending on test frequency, reliability of high-frequency thresholds was either unchanged or improved in the isolation condition. Although these results cannot be generalized to ill hospitalized patients, who may also have pre-existing hearing loss, they lay the groundwork for development of a time-saving limited-frequency test to monitor for ototoxicity in these patients.
AB - Retrospective analysis of hearing-threshold data from a multisite ototoxicity monitoring study identified an individualized range of predominantly high frequencies (> 8 kHz) that appeared to be highly sensitive to early threshold changes caused by ototoxicity. This suggested the potential for a limited-frequency monitoring protocol that could be conducted rapidly without compromising sensitivity to ototoxicity. Such testing would require high-frequency thresholds to be obtained independently, that is, without prior testing at conventional frequencies (0.25-8 kHz). This study was conducted to determine the test-retest reliability of isolated threshold testing in a "target" frequency range of high frequencies (9, 10, 11.2, 12.5, and 14 kHz) that represented a shortened ototoxicity monitoring test. Twenty normal-hearing subjects were evaluated over five sessions. During each session, subjects were tested in each of two conditions: (1) conventional frequencies (0.25-8 kHz) tested first, followed by target frequencies; and (2) target frequencies tested alone (isolation condition). Depending on test frequency, reliability of high-frequency thresholds was either unchanged or improved in the isolation condition. Although these results cannot be generalized to ill hospitalized patients, who may also have pre-existing hearing loss, they lay the groundwork for development of a time-saving limited-frequency test to monitor for ototoxicity in these patients.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9564678
AN - SCOPUS:0032042475
SN - 1050-0545
VL - 9
SP - 147
EP - 152
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
IS - 2
ER -