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Table 4 Comparison of tele and in-person ABR diagnostic follow up

From: Implementation and evaluation of a rural community-based pediatric hearing screening program integrating in-person and tele-diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR)

Age

1st screen

Refer in 1st screen

2nd screen

Missed 2nd screen

Refer in 2nd screen

No. of Tele-ABR

No. of Hearing loss

Group A villages (Tele- diagnostic follow up)

 0–3 m

390

13

9

4

1

1

1

 4–6 m

130

7

5

2

1

1

0

 7 m-1 yr

167

11

10

1

3

3

1

 > 1–2 yr

231

12

11

1

3

3

0

 > 2–3 yr

211

19

19

0

3

2

1

 > 3–4 yr

159

15

15

0

3

2

1

 > 4 -5 yr

47

10

8

2

6

5

1

Total

1335

87

77

10

20

17

5

Group B villages (In-person diagnostic follow up)

 0–3 m

538

6

4

2

0

0

0

 4–6 m

96

3

3

0

0

0

0

 7 m-1 yr

193

3

3

0

0

0

0

 > 1–2 yr

247

7

7

0

0

0

0

 > 2–3 yr

192

11

11

0

1

0

0

 > 3–4 yr

149

10

10

0

2

2

2

 > 4 -5 yr

65

2

2

0

1

1

1

Total

1480

42

40

2

4

3

3