Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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AUDIOMETRY.
At the end of 1966 one audiometer/vision screener operator and one audiometer
operator were on the staff of the department.
Children have their hearing tested by audiometer three times in their school lives.
The first routine test is done before the age of seven; the next in the third year in junior
school, and finally in the second year in the senior school. Special instances, for
example, children who are failing to make progress in school, are dealt with
expeditiously.
Audiometers are kept in condition by regular calibration by the manufacturers.
Children who fail the audometric test are referred for further investigation. Sixty
two new cases were seen and 84 re-examinations were carried out in 1966, at the
Heston Hearing Clinic to which the majority of referrals are made.
Table XI.
(a) Audiometer Tests — Routine
Age. | 1st Tests. | Re-tests. | Failures. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | % of Col. 1 | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Up to 7 yrs. | 1590 | 258 | 236 | 14.8 |
10 to 11 yrs. | 1533 | 157 | 126 | 8.2 |
12 to 13 yrs. | 1468 | 163 | 120 | 8.2 |
Totals | 4591 | 578 | 482 | 10.5 |
*In Schools.
(b) Audiometer Tests—Specials
Age. | 1st Tests. | Re-tests. | Failures. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | % of Col. 1 | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Under 5 | 44 | 7 | 21 | 47.73 |
5 | 184 | 29 | 95 | 51.63 |
6 | 227 | 68 | 152 | 66.96 |
7 | 210 | 93 | 118 | 56.19 |
8 | 194 | 62 | 91 | 46.91 |
9 | 174 | 47 | 99 | 56.90 |
10 | 121 | 48 | 60 | 49.59 |
11 | 59 | 15 | 24 | 40.68 |
12 | 60 | 16 | 39 | 65.00 |
13 | 75 | 30 | 51 | 68.00 |
14 | 70 | 28 | 46 | 65.71 |
Over 14 | 98 | 40 | 86 | 87.76 |
Totals | 1516 | 483 | 882 | 58.18 |