Hearing impairment
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 530152 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014 |
Definition: | A classification that estimates the degree of handicap associated with hearing loss in the better ear and links to predicted consequences and recommended rehabilitation. Hearing impairment classification applies a graded scale - mild, moderate, severe and profound - based on degree of deviation from normal thresholds in the better ear as recorded through audiometry. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | AIHW 2011. Ear and hearing health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Cat. no. IHW 60. Canberra: AIHW, p. 49 |
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Relational attributes | |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Patient—degree of hearing impairment Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014 Patient—degree of hearing impairment, code N Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 Patient—hearing impairment indicator, yes/no code N Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Children's Health Checks: Audiology services DSS, May 2011-March 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 18/02/2015 |
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