Objective More and more research supports the clinical application of automatic audiometry in hearing screening. However

there are few reports on whether automatic audiometry can replace traditional manual audiometer to assess children’s hearing thresholds. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of automatic audiometry for children aged 8 to 18 years. Methods The hearing thresholds of 0.5

1.0

2.0

4.0 kHz in 30 childrens aged 8 to 18 years were collected by automatic audiometry and pure tone audiometry. Results The results showed that the automatic audiometry airconduction hearing thresholds were 14.21±2.97 dB HL

the bone-conduction hearing thresholds were 13.38±2.98 dB HL

the pure tone audiometry air-conduction hearing thresholds were 12.58±2.53 dB HL

the bone-conduction hearing thresholds were 11.65±2.26 dB HL

and the difference was not statistically significant（P>0.05）. There was no significant difference in air conduction threshold at 0.5 kHz（P>0.05）

but there were significant differences in air conduction threshold at 1.0

2.0 and 4.0 kHz（P<0.05）

and bone conduction threshold at 0.5

1.0

2.0

4.0 kHz（P<0.05）.The average time of automated audiometry was 13.76±3.66 minutes and that of pure tone audiometry was 14.15±3.21 minutes

and the difference was not statistically significant（P>0.05）. Conclusion These results support the use of automated audiometers in children aged 8 to 18 years can provide reliable and valid hearing thresholds.