Table 3 Screening performance of HHIE-ST at different cut-off points
From: The effective screening tools for detecting hearing loss in elderly population: HHIE-ST Versus TSQ
AUC at different severity of hearing loss (95% CI) | HHIE-ST cut-off | True-positive rate (Sensitivity) | Specificity | LR+ | LR- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.74 (0.70–0.77) > 25 dB | ( > = 10 ) | 74.01 | 58.59 | 1.79 | 0.44 |
( > = 12 ) | 70.32 | 62.96 | 1.90 | 0.47 | |
( > = 14 ) | 66.50 | 68.35 | 2.10 | 0.49 | |
( > = 16 ) | 64.16 | 73.40 | 2.41 | 0.49 | |
0.80 (0.78–0.83) > 40 dB | ( > = 10 ) | 88.96 | 52.19 | 1.86 | 0.21 |
( > = 12 ) | 86.84 | 57.37 | 2.04 | 0.23 | |
( > = 14 ) | 83.01 | 61.91 | 2.18 | 0.27 | |
( > = 16 ) | 81.95 | 66.46 | 2.44 | 0.27 | |
0.82 (0.80–0.86) > 60 dB | ( > = 10 ) | 100 | 38.85 | 1.63 | 0 |
( > = 12 ) | 100 | 43.19 | 1.76 | 0 | |
( > = 14 ) | 98.31 | 47.73 | 1.88 | 0.03 | |
( > = 16 ) | 97.46 | 51.06 | 1.99 | 0.04 |