TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER j: VISION AND HEARING
PART 675 HEARING SCREENING
SECTION 675.130 REFERRAL CRITERIA


 

Section 675.130  Referral Criteria

 

a)         A child is considered to have "failed" the threshold test and is referred for a medical examination and an educational screening evaluation if either or both of the following criteria are met:

 

1)         Any two speech frequencies (500-1000-2000 Hz) in the same ear which fall on or below the referral line, or

 

2)         Any two consecutive frequencies in the same ear which fall on or below the referral line (250-500, 2000-4000 or 4000-8000 Hz).

 

b)         The referral line is at 30 dB for the frequencies 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz and at 40 dB for the frequencies 250, 4000 and 8000 Hz.