著者

福田 章一郎 井口 郁雄 福島 邦博 木村 宣彦 杉原 博子 松原 浄

出版者

The Society of Practical Otolaryngology

雑誌

耳鼻咽喉科臨床 補冊 (ISSN:09121870)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1993, no.64, pp.27-35, 1993

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Group pure tone screening test was performed on kindergartners to efficiently screen for hearing disorders. Pure tones of 500,1000 and 4000 Hz in each ear were combined with a hand raising response. The test frequency of 500 Hz was added to screen for otitis media.<BR>About 80% of children over 3 years and 6 months of age were capable of takin g the group screening test with hand raising response. At the same time, the ratio of children who could pass the screening test also increased considerably from 45.2% to 65.2%.<BR>Although we used 500 Hz to screen for otitis media, it was difficult to di a g nose otitis media by hearing screening only. Therefore, hearing screening was mainly effective in determining moderate hearing loss and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss.<BR>We found that a well-planned screening procedure and preparation b e fore the screening as well as decrease in the fail one rate on initial screening are necessary to examine large numbers of children rapidly and screen hearing disorders efficiently.

著者

高原 滋夫 松原 浄 妹尾 一信

出版者

Japan Audiological Society

雑誌

AUDIOLOGY JAPAN (ISSN:03038106)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, no.6, pp.614-618, 1972 (Released:2010-04-30)

参考文献数

7

被引用文献数

1

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Up to May 1972, classes for the hard of hearing in primary schools were housed in 67 schools in our country. The education for children with hearing impairment begins at the earliest practical age. In Japan, however, there are only a few auditory training institutions for pre-school children with hearing impairment.In April 1969, we established a “the Hearing and Speech Clinic for Deaf Infants” at the “Omotoryo” or a domitory for deaf children in Okayama City, supported by the prefectural and national government.In this publication, we report our experience and observations made during a three-year period, and emphasize next points:1) Such a clinic plays very important part in establishing an early diagnosis and offering guidance to infants with speech returdation.2) The auditory training of deaf infants is best managed under visiting clinic system. Such handicapped infants need social contacts and mingling with normal children for achieving essential education.3) Such clinic should be financially unencumbered and probably should be under government support.4) To attack talents as trainers for such handicapped infants there is a need for establishing the trainers in a more prestigious position.