dc.contributor.author |
Sandström, Josefin
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dc.contributor.author |
Swanepoel, De Wet
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dc.contributor.author |
Myburgh, Hermanus Carel
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dc.contributor.author |
Laurent, Claude
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-05-11T11:03:02Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-01 |
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dc.description.abstract |
OBJECTIVE : To validate a calibrated smartphone-based hearing test in a sound booth
environment and in primary health care clinics.
DESIGN : A repeated-measure within-subject study design was employed whereby air
conduction hearing thresholds determined by smartphone-based audiometry was
compared to conventional audiometry in a sound booth and primary health care clinic
environment.
STUDY SAMPLE : 94 subjects (mean age 41 years ± 17.6 SD and range 18-88; 64%
female) were assessed of whom 64 were tested in the sound booth and 30 within
primary health care clinics without a booth.
RESULTS : In the sound booth 63.4% of conventional and smartphone thresholds
indicated normal hearing (≤15 dBHL). Conventional thresholds exceeding 15 dB HL
corresponded to smartphone thresholds within ≤10 dB in 80.6% of cases with an
average threshold difference of -1.6dB ± 9.9SD. In primary health care clinics 13.7% of
conventional and smartphone thresholds indicated normal hearing (≤15 dBHL).
Conventional thresholds exceeding 15 dBHL corresponded to smartphone thresholds
within ≤10 dB in 92.9% of cases with an average threshold difference of -1.0 dB ±
7.1SD.
CONCLUSIONS : Accurate air conduction audiometry can be conducted in a sound booth
and without a sound booth in an underserved community health care clinic using a
smartphone. |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
en_ZA |
dc.description.embargo |
2017-01-31 |
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dc.description.librarian |
hb2016 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iija20 |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
Sandstrom, J, Swanepoel, D, Myburgh, HC & Laurent, C 2016, 'Smartphone threshold audiometry in underserved primary health-care contexts', International Journal of Audiology, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 232-238. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1499-2027 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1708-8186 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.3109/14992027.2015.1124294 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52558 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_ZA |
dc.publisher |
Taylor and Francis |
en_ZA |
dc.rights |
© 2016 British Society of Audiology, International. This is an electronic version of an article published in International Journal of Audiology, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 232-238, 2016. doi : 10.3109/14992027.2015.1124294. International Journal of Audiology is available online at : www.tandfonline.com/loi/iija20. |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Audiometry |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Air conduction |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
mHealth |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Smartphone |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Automated audiometer |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Ambient noise |
en_ZA |
dc.title |
Smartphone threshold audiometry in underserved primary health-care contexts |
en_ZA |
dc.type |
Postprint Article |
en_ZA |