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Clinical Validity of hearScreen (TM) Smartphone Hearing Screening for School Children
Ear and hearing, v 37(1), pp e11-e17
Jan 2016
PMID: 26372265
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Abstract
Objectives: The study aimed to determine the validity of a smartphone hearing screening technology (hearScreen) compared with conventional screening audiometry in terms of (1) sensitivity and specificity, (2) referral rate, and (3) test time.
Design: One thousand and seventy school-age children in grades 1 to 3 (8 1.1 average years) were recruited from five public schools. Children were screened twice, once using conventional audiometry and once with the smartphone hearing screening. Screening was conducted in a counterbalanced sequence, alternating initial screen between conventional or smartphone hearing screening.
Results: No statistically significant difference in performance between techniques was noted, with smartphone screening demonstrating equivalent sensitivity (75.0%) and specificity (98.5%) to conventional screening audiometry. While referral rates were lower with the smartphone screening (3.2 vs. 4.6%), it was not significantly different (p > 0.05). Smartphone screening (hearScreen) was 12.3% faster than conventional screening.
Conclusion: Smartphone hearing screening using the hearScreen application is accurate and time efficient.
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- Title
- Clinical Validity of hearScreen (TM) Smartphone Hearing Screening for School Children
- Creators
- Faheema Mahomed-Asmail - University of PretoriaDe Wet Swanepoel - The University of Western AustraliaRobert H. Eikelboom - University of PretoriaHermanus C. Myburgh - University of PretoriaJames Hall - University of Pretoria
- Publication Details
- Ear and hearing, v 37(1), pp e11-e17
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- National Research Foundation (NRF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Audiology - Distance
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000367343600002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84952862814
- Other Identifier
- 991022019497504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Audiology & Speech-language Pathology
- Otorhinolaryngology