Evaluation of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions in a healthy 1–10 year pediatric cohort in Sub-Saharan Africa

Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) monitor cochlear function. High pass rates have been reported for industrialized countries. Pass rates in low and middle income countries such as Sub-Saharan Africa are rare, essentially lower and available for children up to 4 years of age and frequently based on hospital recruitments.This study aims at providing additional TEOAE pass rates of a healthy Sub-Saharan cohort aged 1–10 years with data from Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. Potentially confounding factors (recruitment site, age) are taken into consideration.

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