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Nolte, Antonia, Coninx, Frans, Mueller, Frank, Hess, Markus, Wiesner, Thomas, Dudek, Nikolas and Rohlfs, Anna-Katharina (2016). Frequency-specific Animal Sound Test (FAST) 4: A valid method for hearing screening. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol., 81 (2). S. 68 - 80. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 1872-8464

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Abstract

Objectives: It is essential to monitor hearing status in children not only as a mandatory requirement during universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS), but also later during preschool and school-age development. The present study considers the appropriateness of the Frequency-specific Animal Sound Test (FAST4) for use in children between the ages of 2.5 and 10 years; the comparability of hearing thresholds determined using FAST4 and those measured by pure tone audiometry (PTA); and the clinical and diagnostic utility of FAST4 in a variety of pediatric settings. Methods: 322 children aged 2.6-14.1 years and 41 adults were tested with FAST4. Four animal sounds were presented via headphones and a hearing threshold was determined for the high and low frequency range. In addition, the hearing threshold of each child was measured by PTA. Results: Results were analyzed from 156 normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children, mostly above the age of 4 years. In general, FAST4 yielded hearing levels comparable with those from PTA in children and in adults. FAST4 frequently had to be halted prematurely in children under 4 years old. Conclusions: FAST4 is a strong candidate for use as an instrument for preschool hearing screening and offers several advantages over other hearing tests. FAST4 permits simple, swift and efficient determination of the hearing threshold and the test can be administered by staff without specialist training. A number of improvements have already been integrated into the successor model known as mFAST. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nolte, Antonia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Coninx, Frans UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mueller, Frank UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hess, Markus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wiesner, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dudek, Nikolas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rohlfs, Anna-Katharina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-285627
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.12.004
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol.
Volume:	81
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 68 - 80
Date:	2016
Publisher:	ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Place of Publication:	CLARE
ISSN:	1872-8464
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CHILDREN; PREVALENCE; DISORDERS; LANGUAGE; DEAFNESS; SPEECH Multiple languages Otorhinolaryngology; Pediatrics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28562