通过虹膜学识别听力损失。
Identifying hearing loss by means of iridology.
作者信息
Stearn Natalie, Swanepoel De Wet
机构信息
Department of Communication Pathology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria 0002.
出版信息
Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2006 Nov 13;4(2):205-10. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i2.31209.
Isolated reports of hearing loss presenting as markings on the iris exist, but to date the effectiveness of iridology to identify hearing loss has not been investigated. This study therefore aimed to determine the efficacy of iridological analysis in the identification of moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss in adolescents. A controlled trial was conducted with an iridologist, blind to the actual hearing status of participants, analyzing the irises of participants with and without hearing loss. Fifty hearing impaired and fifty normal hearing subjects, between the ages of 15 and 19 years, controlled for gender, participated in the study. An experienced iridologist analyzed the randomised set of participants' irises. A 70% correct identification of hearing status was obtained by iridological analyses with a false negative rate of 41% compared to a 19% false positive rate. The respective sensitivity and specificity rates therefore came to 59% and 81%. Iridological analysis of hearing status indicated a statistically significant relationship to actual hearing status (P < 0.05). Although statistically significant sensitivity and specificity rates for identifying hearing loss by iridology were not comparable to those of traditional audiological screening procedures.
有关于听力损失表现为虹膜上斑纹的个别报道，但迄今为止，虹膜学识别听力损失的有效性尚未得到研究。因此，本研究旨在确定虹膜学分析在识别青少年中度至重度感音神经性听力损失方面的功效。进行了一项对照试验，由一名对参与者实际听力状况不知情的虹膜学家对有听力损失和无听力损失的参与者的虹膜进行分析。五十名年龄在15至19岁之间、性别匹配的听力受损受试者和五十名听力正常的受试者参与了该研究。一位经验丰富的虹膜学家对随机分组的参与者的虹膜进行了分析。通过虹膜学分析，听力状况的正确识别率为70%，假阴性率为41%，假阳性率为19%。因此，各自的敏感性和特异性率分别为59%和81%。对听力状况的虹膜学分析表明与实际听力状况存在统计学上的显著关系（P < 0.05）。尽管通过虹膜学识别听力损失的敏感性和特异性率在统计学上具有显著意义，但与传统听力筛查程序的敏感性和特异性率不可比。
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