Completion Rates of Screening Examinations for Hearing Among Preschool-Aged Children

In this prospective cohort study of 7035 preschoolers, PTA completion rate was significantly lower than that for OAE and varied by age, speech concerns, and home language, whereas OAE completion was consistently high. High Spanish proficiency by the screener was associated with higher PTA estimated probability of completion among Spanish-speaking children, supporting the importance of language-concordant screening in early childhood hearing assessment.

Corresponding Author: Dylan K. Chan, MD, PhD, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 2233 Post St, Third Floor, Box 1225, San Francisco, CA 94115 (dylan.chan@ucsf.edu).

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