Setting and Participants
The audiological test results of six pathologies (auditory neuropathy
spectrum disorder-ANSD, Menieré’s Disease-MD, superior semicircular
canal dehiscence-SSCD, large vestibular aquaduct syndrome-LVA, chronic
otitis media-COM, and secretory otitis media-SOM) belonging to five
different patients with a definite diagnosis were presented to 87
otolaryngology (ENT) physicians. The physicians were not informed about
patient histories and otoscopic findings. The breakdown of the
physicians according to their specialization was as follows: 19 were
residents, 53 were ENT specialists, 6 were associate professors, and 9
were professors. The participant physicians were asked to indicate
possible pathologies (one or more) for each audiological outcome. The
answers given were classified as “correct,” “undefined” and
“incorrect.”