Percentage of patients aged 60 years and older who failed a hearing screening and/or who report suspected hearing loss who received, were ordered, or were referred for comprehensive audiometric evaluation within 4 weeks of the office visit

Patients who received, were ordered, or were referred for comprehensive audiometric evaluation within 4 weeks of the office visit *Comprehensive audiometric Evaluation: The hearing evaluation should include a physical examination of the patient's ears and an evaluation of the patient's hearing acuity using an audiometer in a sound booth. The hearing evaluation may include the use of pure tone audiometry, bone conduction hearing testing, Hearing in Noise Test, speech tests, acoustic reflex text, auditory brainstem response testing (e.g. when patient is not able to complete behavioural audiometry) or other appropriate hearing evaluation tests

All patients aged 60 years and older who failed a hearing screening and/or who report suspected hearing loss

Medical reason(s) for not evaluating for hearing loss include patients who had an audiogram within last year; patients with an active diagnosis of deafness, hearing impairment, head or ear trauma, history of other hearing impairment. Patient refusal.

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