French Society of ENT (SFORL) guidelines (short version): Audiometry in adults and children

V. Favier (1) , C. Vincent (2) , É Bizaguet , D. Bouccara (3) , R. Dauman (4) , B. Frachet (5) , F. Le Her , C. Meyer-Bisch , S. Tronche , F. Sterkers-Artières (6) , F. Venail (1, 7)

1 Service d'ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale
2 MBLC - ADDS - Médicaments et biomatériaux à libération contrôlée: mécanismes et optimisation - Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - U 1008
3 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
4 CHU de Bordeaux Pellegrin [Bordeaux]
5 CHU Rothschild [AP-HP]
6 Institut Marin St Pierre
7 INM - Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier

INTRODUCTION: French Society of ENT (SFORL) good practice guidelines for audiometric examination in adults and children. METHODS: A multidisciplinary working group performed a review of the scientific literature. Guidelines were drawn up, reviewed by an independent reading group, and finalized in a consensus meeting. RESULTS: Audiometry should be performed in an acoustically controlled environment (\textless30dBA); audiometer calibration should be regularly checked; and patient-specific masking rules should be systematically applied. It should be ensured that masking is not overmasking. Adult pure-tone audiometry data should be interpreted taking account of clinical data, speech audiometry and impedancemetry. In case of discrepancies between clinical and pure-tone and speech audiometry data, objective auditory tests should be perform. In children aged 2 years or younger, subjective audiometry should be associated to behavioral audiometry adapted to the child's age. In suspected hearing impairment, behavioral audiometry should be systematically supplemented by objective hearing tests to determine and confirm the level and type of hearing impairment.

Mots clés: Audiometry; Evoked Response; Pure-Tone; Speech; Auditory evoked potentials; Auditory steady state response; Auditory Threshold; Central; Sensorineural; Acoustic Impedance Tests; Auditory; Humans; Child; Acoumetry; Hearing Loss; Brain Stem; Evoked Potentials; Electrocochleography; Otoacoustic emissions; Masking; Impedancemetry; Reflex; Acoustic

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

V. Favier, C. Vincent, É Bizaguet, D. Bouccara, R. Dauman, et al.. French Society of ENT (SFORL) guidelines (short version): Audiometry in adults and children. European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases, 2018, 135 (5), pp.341--347. ⟨10.1016/j.anorl.2018.05.009⟩. ⟨hal-02320314⟩