Abstract
This article reports on a pilot study which set out to investigate the postulation that the use of acoustic impedance measurements and a single frequency 25dB screen would be a more efficient, more simple, and less time-consuming means of screening for hearing loss in schools than the conventional pure tone sweep test.
A number of children were tested by both methods on the same day. The findings indicated poor agreement between the results–the tests measuring different but complementary aural functions.
In view of the effect of even small hearing losses on educational progress, the use of conventional pure tone audiometry in testing for defective hearing among schoolchildren was felt to be the more appropriate test.