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Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 16, No. 6, 530-532 (1977)
DOI: 10.1177/000992287701600609

The Value of Noise-Excluder Shells in Reducing Overreferrals from a School Audiometric Screening Program

Lida G. Wall

Communicative and Sensory Disorders Unit, Division of Maternal and Child Health, Ohio Department of Health, 450 E. Town Street, Box 118, Columbus, OH 43216

C.H. Tillis

Communicative and Sensory Disorders Unit, Division of Maternal and Child Health, Ohio Department of Health, 450 E. Town Street, Box 118, Columbus, OH 43216

Audiometric screening conducted in noisy environments can result in overreferrals to specialty clinics. A follow-up study, conducted to investi gate referral rates as related to the type of headset used in screening programs, showed that noise-excluding shells reduced overreferrals without increasing underreferrals.


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