It is estimated that approximately 360 Million people have a permanent disabling hearing loss (WHO, 2015). The majority of these people live in lower to middle income countries, where screening and follow-up treatment is ...

Automated smartphone-based threshold audiometry has the potential to provide affordable audiometric services in underserved contexts where adequate resources and infrastructure are lacking. This study investigated the ...

Unidentified hearing loss has a negative impact on a child’s speech, language and communication abilities. This in turn creates a barrier to social development and educational achievement placing a child at a risk for ...

Recently, researchers have attempted to increase the time efficiency of the smartphone DIN test by decreasing the number of presentations of the DIN. One suggestion was to use a variable step size based on the correctness ...

Objective: This study evaluated the reliability of the digits-in-noise (DIN) test application across various low and high-end digital devices utilizing different transducers and sound file types. Design: The study utilized ...

Background More than a billion adolescents and young adults are at risk of acquiring recreational noise-induced hearing loss (RNIHL) due to the unsafe use of Personal Audio Systems (PAS). Although preventable, once occurred ...