18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
10/24/2016 | 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM | iPad Hearing Test: A Prospective Validation of Tablet Audiometry Testing | BGPOP Building 4A/B/C
iPad Hearing Test: A Prospective Validation of Tablet Audiometry Testing
Hearing loss affects people of all ages. More and more adults are experiencing hearing loss. Impaired hearing affects people in many ways, especially relating to job opportunities, education, social life, and confidence. Not everyone has direct access to a hearing center especially in rural areas where demographics play a significant role on why patients cannot seek medical advice regarding hearing loss. Moreover, the cost of hearing testing does not match the income of some patients with hearing loss, especially of low socio-economic groups.
Automation of pure-tone audiometry offers several potential benefits. Particularly, a portable, tablet-based automated audiometer improves accessibility, providing the prospect of screening of hearing loss in the primary care setting or remote communities. Such a device may eventually permit a primary care physician or patient access to screening audiometry, resulting in increased awareness and detection of hearing impairment.
Yet, there may be significant differences between mean hearing thresholds determined through a tablet-based automated audiometry and by the standard pure tone audiometry. This study aims to validate the effectiveness of a tablet-based audiometer as a screening tool for the detection of hearing impairment.
- Determine the effectiveness of tablet audiometry as a screening tool for hearing assessment among adults
- Determine the specificity and sensitivity of tablet audiometry against standard pure tone audiometry in determining hearing loss among adults.
- If proven it will help hearing testing in rural areas and in low socioeconomic groups will be readily available in primary care centers.
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Presenters/Authors
Ryan Chua
(), University of Santo Tomas Hospital, ryanuychua.md@gmail.com;
I am a senior resident of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in the University of Santo Tomas Hospital Espana Manila
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Frederick Fernandez
(), University of Santo Tomas Hospital, freafern@gmail.com;
A junior consultant of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital
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